"Reduction is at the heart of progress in science."

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Source : Jon Elster (1989). “Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences”, p.74, Cambridge University Press

Jon Elster

#Heart Quotes #Progress Quotes #Reduction Quotes

“Boys, I have been rich and I have been poor, and believe me being rich is better.”
“I look crazy. I know I do. Been true since I was a kid!”
“Reality is a lovely place, but I wouldn't want to live there.”
“Frank Moore Cross is also a leading Dead Sea Scrolls scholar, which he's been since they were discovered more than 50 years ago. He's just completing an edition of one of the most significant scrolls for Biblical studies, the Book of Samuel from the Dead Sea Scrolls.”

Source : Source: www.biblicalarchaeology.org
“Whereas the truth is that the State in which the rulers are most reluctant to govern is always the best and most quietly governed, and the State in which they are most eager, the worst.”
“Children sometimes understand things that most grown-ups do not see.”

Source : Jonathan Kozol (2012). “Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation”, p.126, Broadway Books
“This is terrific! What fun! Maybe tomorrow I can go to the prom with my brother. The day after, perhaps I can wear white pants and unexpectedly get my period.”
“The past is always triple-A. We can all remember what the past was. But if we try to make the future triple-A, we have no future. The future is always single-B.”

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