"When common sense sees a puzzling phenomenon it looks for a causal agent. When it sees organization it looks for an organizer. This works amazingly well for purposes ranging from the diagnosis of diseases to the creation of governments. But it cannot account for emergence ... the appearance of complex phenomena not predictable from the basic elements and processes alone."

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Source : Carl Bereiter (2005). “Education and Mind in the Knowledge Age”, p.200, Routledge

Carl Bereiter

#Organization Quotes #Government Quotes #Common Sense Quotes

“Outings are so much more fun when we can savor them through the children's eyes.”

Source : Lawana Blackwell (2007). “Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter, The”, p.79, Bethany House
“Having spent 10 years studying emerging markets, I know that you have patterns repeated over and over again. A bubble is like a fire which needs oxygen to continue... when you see there is no oxygen, things change.”
“You know, my dear, I insured my voice for fifty thousand dollars.”
“Had I cared for the comments of people, I should never have been a missionary.”
“I conquered my hostility by putting it away until the day I might need it.”
“We were just a bunch of high school kids who got into the Ramones together.”

Source : "Chicago No-Wave Part 1: Silver Abuse". Forced Exposure Interview, blog.wfmu.org. 1983.
“Listen - man is a child of Nature. When he turns against his mother - he's done! He may not find out about it right away, but he will.”

Source : Martha Ostenso (1937). “The Stone Field”, New York, Dodd
“Woman's faith and woman's trust, Write the characters in dust.”

Source : Sir Walter Scott (1857). “The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott”, p.303

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