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I am writing 'an Ode to Perplexity' and never was anything better timed.
Letter 65 2009
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Perplexity is, at the very least, preferable to an array of clear, comprehensible, and mistaken certainties.
Scott Cairns: The Annunciation Of Mary: Ambiguity, Perplexity And Truth Scott Cairns 2010
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Huh, I would have sworn that elephant was one of your Photoshop jobs, Vance, maybe Polly the Pachyderm of Perplexity, trying to figure out why people keep hiring Nic Cage.
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Perplexity is, at the very least, preferable to an array of clear, comprehensible, and mistaken certainties.
Scott Cairns: The Annunciation of Mary: Ambiguity, Perplexity and Truth Scott Cairns 2010
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Perplexity is, at the very least, preferable to an array of clear, comprehensible, and mistaken certainties.
Scott Cairns: The Annunciation of Mary: Ambiguity, Perplexity and Truth Scott Cairns 2010
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By entering your answer on the Perplexity website, you get points and can compare your ranking with other players.
Boing Boing: January 29, 2006 - February 4, 2006 Archives 2006
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“I took it in high school, but I had to basically relearn it when I was researching The Pompeii Perplexity.”
The Dick Cheney Code Henry Beard 2004
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Perplexity about Calcium and Osteoporosis Our bones are constructed from two primary materials: proteins, which form a kind of scaffolding, and calcium phosphate, which acts as a hard, mineralized, strengthening filler.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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“I took it in high school, but I had to basically relearn it when I was researching The Pompeii Perplexity.”
The Dick Cheney Code Henry Beard 2004
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Perplexity about Calcium and Osteoporosis Our bones are constructed from two primary materials: proteins, which form a kind of scaffolding, and calcium phosphate, which acts as a hard, mineralized, strengthening filler.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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