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Maxims

Mad Maxims

by Gordon Pennycook,

From a list of aphorisms generated by randomly recombining the tweets of Deepak Chopra, and used in a study on “the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit” by Gordon Pennycook,…

Evidence of Absence

by Donald Rumsfeld,

“Snowflake” memos by Donald Rumsfeld, written during his 2001–2006 tenure as U.S. secretary of defense, from among nearly 2,000 documents he released in February. “Snowflake” is the term Rumsfeld used…

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Drawn by Henry Martin,

New teeth for old saws

by Andrew Ash,

Der Deutscher’s maxim

by Charles Follen Adams,

Editor’s easy chair

by Harper’s Staff,

Editor’s drawer

by Harper’s Staff,

A triad of superstitions

by Anna C. (Anna Callender) Brackett,

Editor’s drawer

Editor’s drawer

Editor’s drawer

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