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
There is a strong tendency in explanatory prose to invoke quantities of tension, energy, and whatnot to explain the genesis of pattern. I believe that all such explanations are inappropriate or wrong. Gregory Bateson energyexplainexplanation Change image and share on social
Language commonly stresses only one side of any interaction. Gregory Bateson commonlyinteractionlanguage 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
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
