Principle: Super Short Story #567  He unfriended her just because she asked more about the kind of help he wanted from her, as if he would prefer an unprincipled friend. If his ‘principles’ were along that line, of how he acted, she would prefer not to have  such a...

Million: Super Short Story #566  Because she chose to focus on making her first million, she missed more than a billion chances to focus on what was priceless, that was worth more than...

Work: Super Short Story #565  Since he is going to die, he knows his real work is not for what will not outlive him, without lasting consequences. He thus decided to work towards what transcends death, and to guide others to it too, if he finds the path before...

Hope: Super Short Story #564  Not that it was hopeless, but she decided  to hope less hopefully, to instead do more wholeheartedly,  to accomplish that  otherwise just kind of hoped...

Cliché: Super Short Story #563 She decided to hide  without hiding, in plain sight, in the most dangerous place as the safest place, though there was no hiding from her idea being perhaps too clichéd to...

Time: Super Short Story #562  As he felt that life is too short to write and read  long and possibly boring stories,   he decided to write only short and definitely interesting stories, so as to not possibly waste  his and any reader’s...

Liquor: Super Short Story #561 He thought being able to hold his liquor well was a strength, because he did not need to hold back at all. She thought him being able to hold liquor well was pointless and dangerous, because he did  not need to hold any at...

Disappointment: Super Short Story #560   Since the good stuff tends to be clung to, which thus seems to always end too soon, he decided to brace himself for disappointment… which made him less disappointed, which made him brace himself less, which made him more...

Mirroring: Super Short Story #559   Realising that he was  mirroring her movements, even if unconsciously, and knowing that it could mean interest, she became unsure  if she was also interested just because he is interested, or really interested in him, or just interested in...

Crowd: Super Short Story #558 Consciously, she decided to not follow the crowd… that was bigger, but subconsciously  followed the crowd… that was...

Shock: Super Short Story #557 She was becoming used to becoming shocked at the good of a person, followed by becoming shocked by the person’s foolishness later. She wonders if others are shocked by her similarly...

Focus: Super Short Story #556 He learnt widely so as to learn what best to focus upon, becoming the proverbial master of one trade. She learnt widely just to learn widely with no true focus, becoming the proverbial Jack of all...

Originality: Super Short Story #555 Her quest to be original that ended up subconsciously mimicking others’ works was truly unoriginal, as many others having  gone down the exact same...

Commitment: Super Short Story #554 Lying with fingers crossed, she was as if committing, paradoxically promising to lie, with a gesture of...

Thanklessness: Super Short Story #553 The shopkeeper never thanks his customers, thinking they need his service anyway.  His customers never thank him, thinking he needs their patronage anyway. Thus did they have a thankless...

Excitement: Super Short Story #552 The puppy seemed excited with anticipating of something exciting. But upon closer look, he was already truly exited, even over nothing  that seemed very exciting there and then. I was instead the one anticipating because of his...

Quest: Super Short Story #551 Life is a quest to live a most meaningful life in time, and to write a most meaningful book about it to share with others in...

Book: Super Short Story #550 Holding the pocket dictionary, what left to do was to put its words in the right sequence with the right repetitions  to write the book of all books. Then again, it was already the book of all...

Fulfilment: Super Short Story #549 After finishing the meaningless work, he was finally able feel somewhat fulfilled with the reading of inconsequential news, that distracted him fully from his real work of seeking true...

Needle: Super Short Story #548 Looking for the meaning of life, he wondered if he was  looking for a needle in a haystack, when there might be no needle at all. Then again, to not find it is as if to find it too, with the next step being to decide what most needle-like to look...

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Ultimate Razor: What does not lead to the True Happiness of all is not worth the attention of all, or probably any at all. Thought: As life is too short, only focus on the ultimate goal, and other sub-goals needed to reach it.   (In philosophy, a razor is a principle or rule of thumb that...

Rand’s Razor: Prior to philosophising, the philosopher needs to identify their initial, irreducible, primary axioms. Thought: Be as clear as you can in the first place to become even clearer, as clear as you can be.   (In philosophy, a razor is a principle or rule of thumb that allows...

Sagan’s Standard: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Thought: Ordinary claims require only ordinary evidence; unless they were mistaken as ordinary.   (In philosophy, a razor is a principle or rule of thumb that allows one to eliminate (‘shave off’)...

Popper’s Falsifiability Principle: For a theory to be considered scientific, it must be falsifiable. Thought: Even the scientific are called theories as they might be invalidated in time, by other theories that seem more valid later, in the quest for truth.   (In philosophy, a razor is...

Newton’s Flaming Laser Sword: If something cannot be settled by experiment or observation, then it is not worthy of debate. Thought: Life is too short to debate in the first place, on what is unverifiable at the end of the day.   (In philosophy, a razor is a principle or rule of thumb...

Hitchens’ Razor: What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. Thought: The burden to create faith must be borne by those who wish others to have faith.   (In philosophy, a razor is a principle or rule of thumb that allows one to eliminate (‘shave...

Hume’s Razor: If the cause, assigned for any effect, be not sufficient to produce it, we must either reject that cause, or add to it such qualities as will give it a just proportion to the effect. Thought: A cause that is inadequate to explain an effect is not the cause, or not the only...

Grice’s Razor: As a principle of parsimony, conversational implications are to be preferred over semantic context for linguistic explanations. Thought: Speak and write simply yet clearly, to be heard and read as so.   (In philosophy, a razor is a principle or rule of thumb that allows...

Hanlon’s Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Thought: Malice arises from stupidity, which should be empathised with compassion; instead of retaliated with malice, which is just as, if not more stupid.   (In philosophy, a razor is a...