I wanted to be his dear, his darling.
Philosophers of science have repeatedly demonstrated that more than one theoretical construction can always be placed upon a given collection of data.
The answers you get depend upon the questions you ask.
All significant breakthroughs are break -“withs” old ways of thinking.
The transition between competing paradigms cannot be made a step at a time, forced by logic and neutral experience. Like the gestalt switch, it must occur all at once (though not necessarily in an instant) or not at all.
What a man sees depends both upon what he looks at and also upon what his previous visual-conceptual experience has taught him to see.
Far from being magisterial in its objectivity, science was conditioned by history, society, and the prejudices of scientists.
I actually went on lectures at Harvard, Stanford, Oxford and all the business schools eight years ago, explaining what the implications were and how the platforms could be powerful in creating the narrative of your brand and mobilizing your life so that you become humanized as well. I understood that and thought that was really empowering, not only to artists, but to brands as well and in general.
What Confucius tells us to focus on first is not how to bring stability to the world, but how to be the best possible version of ourselves. To "cultivate one's moral character" is the first step towards taking responsibility for the nation, and for society. Confucius and his disciples struggled hard to be "the best version" of themselves, but their aim in this was to better carry out their responsibilities to the society in which they lived.
What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce. Mark Twain Women are an alien race set down among us.
Fear was the first thing on Earth to create gods.