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James West's avatar

I remember reading a Russell essay years ago where different types of philosophers go to hell, and hell for statisticians was something like "Infinite monkeys with infinite type writers, and they always type the works of Shakespeare"

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Steve Stewart-Williams's avatar

Hahaha, nice - gotta love that Bertie!

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CarlW's avatar

A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.

History of Western Philosophy (1945)

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Steve Stewart-Williams's avatar

That's great - might add it to the post!

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