Wise Tautologies

Albert Y. C. Lai, trebla [at] vex [dot] net

Words of infinite wisdom? Tautologies of blank content? You decide!

0. “X is like Y” can always be argued to be true. Furthermore, when X≠Y, “X is unlike Y” can also be argued to be true.
Pub roadside sign saying “Tuesday. It's like Monday, but different. ♡”

1. People are the main cause of people's problems.

2. (Why something you want has not been provided.) Because there is not enough demand or supply.

3. Not all constraints can be satisfied. Not all problems are meant to be solved.

4. Every inexplicable problem is caused by something you don't think is the cause.

5. The solution depends on the problem. The answer depends on the question.

6. The more you know, the more you know.

7. Every finite number can be rounded to 0 with enough rounding.

8. The world economy is already as fair and in as much equilibrium as human nature and information flow allow. (See also #1.)

9. I have not observed any unobservable inequality.

10. I use base 10. (From a comic.)

11. A piece of writing is clear to its writer.

12. 98% of the people are not in the other 2%.

13. Every car was once a new car.
License plate saying “was new”

14. Life—nobody gets out of it alive.

15. Success stories are written by the victors.

Words of infinite wisdom? Tautologies of blank content? You decide!

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