"If a theory purports to explain everything, then it is likely not explaining much at all."

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Source : Massimo Pigliucci (2010). “Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk”, p.2, University of Chicago Press

Massimo Pigliucci

#Theory Quotes #Explaining Quotes

“I imported the first Mac into England in 1984; you know, the beige box. I imported what I think were the first four that came into England. I never opened the instruction manual. That was the best thing about it.”
“I'm frustrated with the fact that it's harder to remember things now because I can so easily find them on the Web. I hate the way I have to work at reading; a pastime that once brought nothing but relaxation and joy. I hate the Internet's addictive qualities, as I watch my own grandchildren - whose brains are still being developed - want to be on devices so much. I hate what technology bodes for our culture, but even more for the body of Christ.”
“In the martial arts, the guys respect the women fighters.”
“The extremists are talking too loudly, and everyone is convinced that only he is on the right side. Itâ€™s not just Jews against Arabs. Itâ€™s the Orthodox versus those who donâ€™t think they can keep all six hundred and thirteen commandments of the Bible. Itâ€™s rich people versus poor people. At some point, something came over Israel so that everyone has his own ideasâ€”and everyone else is an enemy. Itâ€™s a dialogue among deaf people and it is getting more and more serious.”

Source : "The One-state reality" by David Remnick, www.newyorker.com. November 17, 2014.
“Among other grand achievements, F. A. Hayek had a remarkable career pointing out the flaws in collectivism. One of his keenest insights was that, paradoxically, any collectivist system necessarily depends on one individual (or small group) to make key social and economic decisions. In contrast, a system based on individualism takes advantage of the aggregate, or 'collective,' information of the whole society; through his actions each participant contributes his own particular, if incomplete, knowledge-information that could never be tapped by the individual at the head of a collectivist state.”
“One should never write down or up to people, but out of yourself.”
“I positively, positively, positively want to play. I've got everything else so why not a gold medal? I want to play.”
“I'm 100% Norwegian. Three generations removed and all continuous inbreeding of Norwegian of Minnesota and Iowa, so I traveled to Norway before.”

Source : "Eric Christian Olsen On Set Interview THE THING". Interview, collider.com. October 8, 2010.

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