It is impossible, in principle, to explain any pattern by invoking a single quantity. Gregory Bateson explainimpossibleinvoke Change image and share on social
Money is always transitively valued. More money is supposedly always better than less money. Gregory Bateson moneysupposedlytransitively 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
A major difficulty is that the answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx is partly a product of the answers that we already have given to the riddle in its various forms. Gregory Bateson answerdifficultyform Change image and share on social
Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. Gregory Bateson deserteducationforest Change image and share on social
Interesting phenomena occur when two or more rhythmic patterns are combined, and these phenomena illustrate very aptly the enrichment of information that occurs when one description is combined with another. Gregory Bateson aptlycombinedescription share on social
We do not know enough about how the present will lead into the future. Gregory Bateson futureleadpresent 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
In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to the next generation the skills and values of the parents, but the attempt always fails because cultural transmission is geared to learning, not DNA. Gregory Bateson attemptculturalculture share on social
