Science Quotes

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"Science teaches us that reality is far more complex and wonderful than our everyday assumptions suggest."
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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"Science is organized knowledge."
Herbert Spencer
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"Mystery requires faith; science requires evidence."
Herbert Spencer
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"Science and faith need not be in conflict."
Martin Seligman
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"Science reveals the wonders of reality."
Martin Seligman
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"We remember emotional events more vividly than neutral ones - evolution's design."
Roy Baumeister
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"Rejection activates the same neural regions as physical pain - it's not just emotional."
Roy Baumeister
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"We are wired to detect and remember threats - vigilance is an ancient survival mechanism."
Roy Baumeister
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"The self is both a biological entity and a social construction."
Roy Baumeister
"Suicide rates reflect social conditions, not merely individual psychological states."
Émile Durkheim
"Understanding society requires studying its institutions, not just individual psychology."
Émile Durkheim
"We cannot understand human behavior by isolating individuals from their social context."
Émile Durkheim
"Understanding the collective consciousness allows us to understand the individual mind."
Émile Durkheim
"Social facts must be treated as things, observable and measurable through empirical methods."
Émile Durkheim
"Understanding suicide requires studying the integration and regulation of social groups."
Émile Durkheim
"Moral facts are as real and observable as physical facts, though operating in a different sphere."
Émile Durkheim
"Understanding human behavior requires understanding the social forces that shape it."
Émile Durkheim
"Social facts constrain individual behavior in the same way physical laws constrain nature."
Émile Durkheim
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"The illusion of understanding is particularly acute for phenomena that are complex."
Amos Tversky
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"In the mind of humans, probabilities and statistics do not behave the same way as they do in nature."
Amos Tversky
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"Small samples seem to be much more variable than large samples."
Amos Tversky
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"Science reveals the mysteries; wisdom reveals meaning."
Christopher Peterson
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"Science is the pursuit of understanding reality."
Christopher Peterson
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"Science is organized knowledge."
Herbert Spencer
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"The fact that the universe is governed by laws is more wonderful than if it were governed by a will."
Herbert Spencer
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"Psychology should study what makes life worth living, not just what goes wrong."
Martin Seligman
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"Rejection activates the same neural pathways as physical pain in the brain"
Roy Baumeister
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"The self operates through a complex interplay of automatic and controlled processes"
Roy Baumeister
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"We tend to see patterns where none exist and miss patterns that are right before us."
Amos Tversky
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"Probability is a description of ignorance, not a law of nature."
Amos Tversky