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> [People are not machines, but in all situations where they are given the opportunity, they will act like machines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-bertalanffy/people-are-not-machines-but-in-all-situations-where-they-are-given/)

[Ludwig von Bertalanffy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-bertalanffy/)

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## More by Ludwig von Bertalanffy

> [The fact that a theory so vague, so insufficiently verifiable, and so far from the criteria otherwise applied in 'hard' science has become a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-bertalanffy/the-fact-that-a-theory-so-vague-so-insufficiently-verifiable-and-so/)

[Ludwig von Bertalanffy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-bertalanffy/)

> [I think that the fact that a theory so vague, so insufficiently verifiable, and so far from the criteria otherwise applied in "hard" science,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-bertalanffy/i-think-that-the-fact-that-a-theory-so-vague-so-insufficiently/)

[Ludwig von Bertalanffy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-bertalanffy/)

> [Progress is only possible by passing from a state of undifferentiated wholeness to differentiation of parts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-bertalanffy/progress-is-only-possible-by-passing-from-a-state-of-undifferentiated/)

[Ludwig von Bertalanffy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-bertalanffy/)

> [Considering the inconceivable complexity of processes even in a simple cell, it is little short of a miracle that the simplest possible model -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-bertalanffy/considering-the-inconceivable-complexity-of-processes-even-in-a/)

[Ludwig von Bertalanffy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-bertalanffy/)

> [Thus even supposedly unadulterated facts of observation already are interfused with all sorts of conceptual pictures, model concepts, theories or whatever expression you choose.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-bertalanffy/thus-even-supposedly-unadulterated-facts-of-observation-already-are/)

[Ludwig von Bertalanffy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-bertalanffy/)

> [It is the 'zoomorphic' or 'rattomorphic' fallacy - the expressed or implicit contention that there is no essential difference between rat and man -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-bertalanffy/it-is-the-zoomorphic-or-rattomorphic-fallacy-the-expressed-or/)

[Ludwig von Bertalanffy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-bertalanffy/)

> [We are seeking another basic outlook: the world as an organization. This would profoundly change categories of our thinking and influence our practical attitudes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-bertalanffy/we-are-seeking-another-basic-outlook-the-world-as-an-organization/)

[Ludwig von Bertalanffy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-bertalanffy/)

> [People are not machines, but in all situations where they are given the opportunity, they will act like machines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-bertalanffy/people-are-not-machines-but-in-all-situations-where-they-are-given/)

[Ludwig von Bertalanffy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-bertalanffy/)

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