Gregory Bateson

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

― Gregory Bateson (1904-1980)

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“Information is a difference that makes a difference.”

― Gregory Bateson (1904-1980)

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“Thirty years ago, we used to ask: Can a computer simulate all processes of logic? The answer was yes, but the question was surely wrong. We should have asked: Can logic simulate all sequences of cause and effect? And the answer would have been no.”

― Gregory Bateson (1904-1980)

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

― Gregory Bateson (1904-1980)

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“A little hypocrisy and a little compromise oils the wheels of social life”

― Gregory Bateson (1904-1980)

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"The meaning of your communication is the response you get."

― Gregory Bateson (1904-1980)

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"Without context words and actions have no meaning at all"

― Gregory Bateson (1904-1980)

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"The creature that wins against its environment destroys itself."

― Gregory Bateson (1904-1980)

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

― Gregory Bateson (1904-1980)

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"Number is different from quantity."

― Gregory Bateson (1904-1980)

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"The meaning of information is given by the processes that interpret it"

― Gregory Bateson (1904-1980)