“ 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
“ Thirty years ago, we used to ask: Can a computer simulate all processes of logic? The answer was yes, but the question was surely wrong. We should have asked: Can logic simulate all sequences of cause… Gregory Bateson
“ We live in a universe driven by chance,” his father had said once, “but the bullshit artists all want causality. Jeff Vandermeer
