Gregory Bateson Quotes

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

Synaptic summation is the technical term used in neurophysiology for those instances in which some neuron C is fired only by a combination of neurons A and B.
Gregory Bateson

There is a strong tendency in explanatory prose to invoke quantities of tension, energy, and whatnot to explain the genesis of pattern. I believe that all such explanations are inappropriate or wrong.
Gregory Bateson

To think straight, it is advisable to expect all qualities and attributes, adjectives, and so on to refer to at least two sets of interactions in time.
Gregory Bateson

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

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Gregory Bateson Quotes

Type: Scientist Quotes Category: British Scientist Quotes Date of Birth: May 9, 1904 Date of Death: July 4, 1980 Nationality: British Find on Amazon: Gregory Bateson Related Authors: Louis Leakey Paul Nurse Mary Douglas Peter D. Mitchell Alfred Russel Wallace Thomas Browne Arthur Eddington John B. S. Haldane	1 - 2 Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions. Gregory Bateson Synaptic summation is the technical term used in neurophysiology for those instances in which some neuron C is fired only by a combination of neurons A and B. Gregory Bateson There is a strong tendency in explanatory prose to invoke quantities of tension, energy, and whatnot to explain the genesis of pattern. I believe that all such explanations are inappropriate or wrong. Gregory Bateson To think straight, it is advisable to expect all qualities and attributes, adjectives, and so on to refer to at least two sets of interactions in time. Gregory Bateson We do not know enough about how the present will lead into the future. Gregory Bateson 1 - 2