Money is always transitively valued. More money is supposedly always better than less money. Gregory Bateson moneysupposedlytransitively 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
Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions. Gregory Bateson artbasecommerce Change image and 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
Logic can often be reversed, but the effect does not precede the cause. Gregory Bateson effectlogicprecede Change image and share on social
Synaptic summation is the technical term used in neurophysiology for those instances in which some neuron C is fired only by a combination of neurons A and B. Gregory Bateson combinationfireinstance 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
Language commonly stresses only one side of any interaction. Gregory Bateson commonlyinteractionlanguage Change image and share on social
