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Gregory Bateson quotes: Still more astonishing is that world of rigorous fantasy we call mathematics.

Still more astonishing is that world of rigorous fantasy we call mathematics.

Gregory Bateson quotes: When we think of coconuts or pigs, there are no coconuts or pigs in the brain.

When we think of coconuts or pigs, there are no coconuts or pigs in the brain.

Gregory Bateson quotes: Number is different from quantity.

Number is different from quantity.

Gregory Bateson quotes: The creature that wins against its environment destroys itself.

The creature that wins against its environment destroys itself.

Gregory Bateson quotes: There are times when I catch myself believing that there is such a thing as something; which is separate from something else.

There are times when I catch myself believing that there is such a thing as something; which is separate from something else.

Gregory Bateson quotes: A man walking is never in balance, but always correcting for imbalance.

A man walking is never in balance, but always correcting for imbalance.

Gregory Bateson quotes: The pathology is to want control, not that you ever get it, because of course you never do.

The pathology is to want control, not that you ever get it, because of
course you never do.

Gregory Bateson quotes: Logic can often be reversed, but the effect does not precede the cause.

Logic can often be reversed, but the effect does not precede the cause.

Gregory Bateson quotes: We are most of us governed by epistemologies that we know to be wrong

We are most of us governed by epistemologies that we know to be wrong

Gregory Bateson quotes: What is the pattern that connects the crab to the lobster and the primrose to the orchid, and all of them to me, and me to you?

What is the pattern that connects the crab to the lobster and the primrose to the orchid, and all of them to me, and me to you?

Gregory Bateson quotes: Information is a difference that makes a difference.

Information is a difference that makes a difference.

Gregory Bateson quotes: Science probes; it does not prove.

Science probes; it does not prove.

Gregory Bateson quotes: Logic is a poor model of cause and effect.

Logic is a poor model of cause and effect.

Gregory Bateson quotes: The world is indeed only a small tide pool; disturb one part and the rest is threatened.

The world is indeed only a small tide pool; disturb one part and the rest is threatened.

Gregory Bateson quotes: All experience is subjective.

All experience is subjective.

Gregory Bateson quotes: The rules of the universe that we think we know are buried deep in our processes of perception.

The rules of the universe that we think we know are buried deep in our processes of perception.

Gregory Bateson quotes: Without context words and actions have no meaning at all

Without context words and actions have no meaning at all

Gregory Bateson quotes: Logic cannot model causal systems, and paradox is generated when time is ignored [as in logic].

Logic cannot model causal systems, and paradox is generated when time is ignored [as in logic].

Gregory Bateson quotes: Money is always transitively valued. More money is supposedly always better than less money.

Money is always transitively valued. More money is supposedly always better than less money.

Gregory Bateson quotes: Things have to be done fast in America , and therefore therapy has to be brief.

Things have to be done fast in America , and therefore therapy has to be brief.

Gregory Bateson quotes: There are no monotone "values" in biology.

There are no monotone "values" in biology.

Gregory Bateson quotes: Let's not pretend that mental phenomena can be mapped on to the characteristics of billiard balls.

Let's not pretend that mental phenomena can be mapped on to the characteristics of billiard balls.

Gregory Bateson quotes: It is to the Riddle of the Sphinx that I have devoted fifty years of professional life as an anthropologist.

It is to the Riddle of the Sphinx that I have devoted fifty years of professional life as an anthropologist.

Gregory Bateson quotes: The map is not the territory (coined by Alfred Korzybski), and the name is not the thing named.

The map is not the territory (coined by Alfred Korzybski), and the name is not the thing named.

Gregory Bateson quotes: Surrender to alcohol intoxication provides a partial and subjective shortcut to a more correct state of mind.

Surrender to alcohol intoxication provides a partial and subjective shortcut to a more correct state of mind.

Gregory Bateson quotes: Life and 'Mind' are systemic processes.

Life and 'Mind' are systemic processes.

Gregory Bateson quotes: We can never be quite clear whether we are referring to the world as it is or to the world as we see it.

We can never be quite clear whether we are referring to the world as it is or to the world as we see it.

Gregory Bateson quotes: Yes, metaphor. That's how the whole fabric of mental interconnections holds together. Metaphor is right at the bottom of being alive.

Yes, metaphor. That's how the whole fabric of mental interconnections holds together. Metaphor is right at the bottom of being alive.

Gregory Bateson quotes: The meaning of your communication is the response you get.

The meaning of your communication is the response you get.

Gregory Bateson quotes: Information consists of differences that make a difference.

Information consists of differences that make a difference.

Gregory Bateson quotes: Those who lack all idea that it is possible to be wrong can learn nothing except know-how.

Those who lack all idea that it is possible to be wrong can learn nothing except know-how.

Gregory Bateson quotes: Rigor alone is paralytic death, but imagination alone is insanity.

Rigor alone is paralytic death, but imagination alone is insanity.

Gregory Bateson quotes: Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions.

Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions.

Gregory Bateson quotes: Multiple descriptions are better than one.

Multiple descriptions are better than one.

Gregory Bateson quotes: It takes two to know one.

It takes two to know one.

Gregory Bateson quotes: Members of weakly religious families get, of course, no religious training from any source outside the family.

Members of weakly religious families get, of course, no religious training from any source outside the family.

Gregory Bateson quotes: We do not know enough about how the present will lead into the future.

We do not know enough about how the present will lead into the future.

Gregory Bateson quotes: People are going to have to make themselves predictable, or the machines will get angry and kill them.

People are going to have to make themselves predictable, or the machines will get angry and kill them.

Gregory Bateson quotes: Creative thought must always contain a random component.

Creative thought must always contain a random component.

Gregory Bateson quotes: The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think

The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think

Gregory Bateson quotes: Every move we make in fear of the next war in fact hastens it.

Every move we make in fear of the next war in fact hastens it.

Gregory Bateson quotes: After mastery comes artistry and not before.

After mastery comes artistry and not before.

Gregory Bateson quotes: It is impossible, in principle, to explain any pattern by invoking a single quantity.

It is impossible, in principle, to explain any pattern by invoking a single quantity.

Gregory Bateson quotes: Language commonly stresses only one side of any interaction.

Language commonly stresses only one side of any interaction.

Gregory Bateson quotes: Play is the establishment and exploration of relationship.

Play is the establishment and exploration of relationship.

Gregory Bateson quotes: Wisdom is the intelligence of the system as a whole.

Wisdom is the intelligence of the system as a whole.

Gregory Bateson quotes: In the nature of the case, an explorer can never know what he is exploring until it has been explored.

In the nature of the case, an explorer can never know what he is exploring until it has been explored.