Philosophy

Philosophy: The Questions Every Other Field Has to Assume

Physicists assume observation reveals reality; doctors assume suffering is bad. None of those assumptions can be tested by the field relying on them — and someone has to examine them.

Occam's Razor: Why Assumptions Are Expensive

The colleague who ignored your email is probably not conspiring against you. The principle behind that judgement is arithmetic, not optimism — and it is misquoted more than almost any other rule of thought.