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Quotes from the TL How many Sixes does Adolf Nazi have to Roll? (original ones that don't exist in OTL).
Chapter 1: "No Order"[]
"The Ancients knew it: 'Ἄνθρωπος μέτρον ἁπάντων - Man is the measure of all tings'. But we live in a world where mankind has lost this maxim. It's become way too big and way too small at the same time. One half of so-called scholars only thinks about splitting atomic nuclei, the other half only tawks about fate and other cosmic tings. But there's still something left between, and it's Man. Have you ever thought about how Man is right in the middle between the magnitudes of elementary particles and the whole universe respectively? Because one quite small man, albeit with enormous power, was behind the World War I've been in."-Alexander Student
"Goddammit, that guy really is a magnificent bastard... the German brass must be so damn proud of him!"-George S. Patton
"Yeah, but such a bastard trying such an attack needs to find out where the goddamn flanks are, before his own throat is cut."-George S. Patton
"Two words: Manstein plan."-One US soldier in 1990, summarizing a lengthy speech by Colin Powell about this very topic, held on the 50th anniversary of the German victory over France.
"Experts! They haven't understood the nature of Chaos. So Herr Manstein's plan was risky, they say, that it should have lost? Yeah, maybe in an orderly environment. But pretty much nothing is as chaotic as a war. And no, I'm not saying that the Germans simply were the better strategists. Who the fuck knows why which strategy works. They tried something crazy but workable, and had good luck. And fragile opponents. Old generals with stiff plans that will break as soon as something unexpected happens, and soldiers who'll march obediently into the disaster because everyone else's doing it."-Alexander Student
"The scythe plan... that damned scythe plan..."-Winston Churchill, after everything had happened
"Risk seeking, not loss aversion. Usually, losses loom larger than gains. As easy as that. But if agents think they have a chance that they lose nothing at all, they will choose the risky option with the convex value function. That's what the German leadership did at that time."-Prof. Amos Tversky
"A great plan! A fantastic plan! If you want a plan for the Nazi Reich to succeed, that is! How could anyone not see its genius?"-Maxon Linker, 1993
"Let me draw a simple picture of instability of complex hierarchical systems. Let's say, on each level, the pyramid of the system split up into three components. On the outside, the whole system may look strong and stable. But if you check the components of the first level, you may find that two look stable, but the third one is completely rotten. If you go to the next one, you may find that of the six sub-compenents of the two stable parts, only four really look stable, but two more - one in each component - are flawed as well. Which means that actually, more than half of the sub-components are already rotten, even if the whole system still is stable. If we continue this fractal pattern, on the third level more than two thirds of its components will prove to be weak, on the fourth level more than four fifths... This can go on for several levels. My point is: While a system can survive and look stable with so many rotten parts behind its facade, this is the maximum of hidden weakness which can be reached. From then on, every tiny component on the lowest level failing will cause an earthquake that will be felt all the way to the top."-Morris Maximilian Minsky, expert for Artificial Intelligence
Chapter 2[]
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