Money is always transitively valued. More money is supposedly always better than less money. Gregory Bateson moneysupposedlytransitively Change image and share on social
Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions. Gregory Bateson artbasecommerce Change image and share on social
Numbers are the product of counting. Quantities are the product of measurement. This means that numbers can conceivably be accurate because there is a discontinuity between each integer and the next. Gregory Bateson accurateconceivablycount Change image and share on social
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 adjectiveadvisableattribute Change image and share on social
Rather, for all objects and experiences, there is a quantity that has optimum value. Above that quantity, the variable becomes toxic. To fall below that value is to be deprived. Gregory Bateson depriveexperiencefall Change image and share on social
Logic can often be reversed, but the effect does not precede the cause. Gregory Bateson effectlogicprecede Change image and share on social
Members of weakly religious families get, of course, no religious training from any source outside the family. Gregory Bateson familymemberreligious Change image and share on social
Logic is a poor model of cause and effect. Gregory Bateson effectlogicmodel Change image and share on social
But epistemology is always and inevitably personal. The point of the probe is always in the heart of the explorer: What is my answer to the question of the nature of knowing? Gregory Bateson answerepistemologyexplorer Change image and share on social