“ Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect. Ralph Waldo Emerson
“ I have tried to read philosophers of all ages and have found many illuminating ideas but no steady progress toward deeper knowledge and understanding. Science, however, gives me the feeling of steady… Max Born
“ Man is so intelligent that he feels impelled to invent theories to account for what happens in the world. Unfortunately, he is not quite intelligent enough, in most cases, to find correct explanations… Aldous Huxley
“ Insofar as it is true, the idea that our actions or beliefs are merely one link in a causal link that runs back to the beginning of the universe is making a trivial claim. Insofar as it is saying some… Kenan Malik
“ We are particularly concerned with the question to what degree approval and implementation of an explanatory model minimising collective or institutional responsibility for certain problems and emphas… Daniel Waterman
“ Like physical events with their causal and teleological interpretations, every linguistic event had two possible interpretations: as a transmission of information and as the realization of a plan. Ted Chiang
“ We live in a universe driven by chance,” his father had said once, “but the bullshit artists all want causality. Jeff Vandermeer
“ In the chain of events, it is arbitrary to be sentimental about the passing of any one link. Johnny Rich
