“The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think.” — Gregory Bateson, An Ecology of Mind
Tag: thought
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“The proper method for hastening the decay of error is not by brute force, or by regulation which is one of the classes of force, to endeavour to reduce men to intellectual uniformity; but on the contrary by teaching every man to think for himself.” — William Godwin, Enquiry Concerning Political Justice
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“We seem somehow bored with thinking. We want to instantly know. … And knowing … is the cessation of thinking.” — Maria Popova, [Unedited] Maria Popova with Krista Tippett
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“It appears to be a quite general principle that, whenever there is a randomized way of doing something, then there is a nonrandomized way that delivers better performance but requires more thought.” — Edwin Thompson Jaynes, Probability Theory
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“Matter is plastic in the face of mind.” — Philip K. Dick, VALIS
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“A Man may dwell so long upon a Thought, that it may take him Prisoner.” — George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections
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“Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed.” — Bertrand Russell, A Liberal Decalogue
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“Our thought, incessantly deciding, among many things of a kind, which ones for it shall be realities, here chooses one of many possible selves or characters, and forthwith reckons it no shame to fail in any of those not adopted expressly as its own.” — William James, The Principles of Psychology
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“Don’t believe everything you think.” — Thomas Kida
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“The mind is the reality. You are what you think.” — Alfred Bester
“The mind is the reality. You are what you think.” — Alfred Bester, The Demolished Man
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