Rule #786

While people who affirm your own position don't make you any better, they can certainly make you feel better.

Rule #782

Wikipedia is the greatest source of knowledge in the world [citation needed].

Rule #737

No matter how much you think you know about something, there's always more that could be learned.

Rule #556

You learn a lot more about a person at their funeral than you ever knew about them when they were alive.

Rule #480

It's important to know whether you work better with a daily schedule or with marathon sessions of productivity.

Rule #471 (Beginning of Scientist Guest Week)

I like Science. And I think it's important to understand as much as we can about the universe we live in. So, in the interest of hopefully inspiring you to like Science as well, I decree this to be Scientist Guest Week:

Scientist Guest Rule #1 (from Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist):

Scientific literacy empowers you with understanding.

Rule #417

Knowledge is not something that needs to be feared.

Rule #373

Nerd Commandment #2:

If you ever hear the phrase "And now you know" you must immediately respond "And knowing is half the battle".

Rule #226

Philosopher Guest Rule #2 (by Immanuel Kant):

Although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises from experience.

Rule #225 (Beginning of Philosopher Guest Week)

Philosopher Guest Rule #1 (by Plato):

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

Rule #212

Whether or not knowledge is impressive depends on who you tell about it.