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title: "112 Peter Watts Quotes - Famous Zoologist (Blindsight)"
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# Peter Watts

(1958)   Zoologist

 **112** quotes in **343** categories

Peter Watts reminds us that we are feeling machines, not purely rational computers, and that many of us move through life like sleepwalkers. He argues that survival depends on adequacy rather than a strict “fittest” rule, and that anger and hate often drive our actions.

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Peter Watts is a zoologist, best known for *Blindsight*.

## Quick Facts About Peter Watts

Born January 25, 1958

Profession Zoologist

Notable works Blindsight

## About Peter Watts

Peter Watts is a Canadian biologist who also writes science‑fiction novels.

##  Quotes by Peter Watts

> [Radar is too long in the tooth for fine detail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/radar-is-too-long-in-the-tooth-for-fine-detail/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

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> [“I was just a tattletale for small minds back home.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/i-was-just-a-tattletale-for-small-minds-back-home/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Psychology](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/psychology/)

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> [“Technology implies belligerence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/technology-implies-belligerence/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Belligerence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belligerence/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/peter-watts-4020_belligerence_technology-implies-belligerence-720586_720586.png)

> [But pattern-matching doesn't equal comprehension.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/but-pattern-matching-doesn-t-equal-comprehension/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

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> [“So many things constrain us, from so many directions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/so-many-things-constrain-us-from-so-many-directions/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

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> [What's the survival value of obsessing on a sunset?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/what-s-the-survival-value-of-obsessing-on-a-sunset/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Light](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/light/)

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> [Brains are survival engines, not truth detectors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/brains-are-survival-engines-not-truth-detectors/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/135/peter-watts-4020_brain_brains-are-survival-engines-not-truth-de_2265564.png)

> [“Everything’s an act. Everything’s strategy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/everything-s-an-act-everything-s-strategy/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/peter-watts-4020_act_everything-s-an-act-everything-s-strateg_1533651.png)

> [“Hey, chaotic trajectories are just as deterministic as any other kind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/hey-chaotic-trajectories-are-just-as-deterministic-as-any-other-kind/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/peter-watts-4020_chaotic_hey-chaotic-trajectories-are-just-as-det_545257.png)

> [“Failure to converge. Confidence limits exceeded. Further predictions unreliable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/failure-to-converge-confidence-limits-exceeded-further-predictions/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Confidence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/confidence/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b6/peter-watts-4020_confidence_failure-to-converge-confidence-limits-ex_2059248.png)

> [Property damage is so much easier to live with than murder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/property-damage-is-so-much-easier-to-live-with-than-murder/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Damage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/damage/)

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> [“When you’re undead, the emphasis is on the second syllable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/when-you-re-undead-the-emphasis-is-on-the-second-syllable/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

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> [How do you say 'We come in peace' when the very words are an act of war?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/how-do-you-say-we-come-in-peace-when-the-very-words-are-an-act-of-war/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Peace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/peace/)

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> [“...there's no such thing as a one-size-fits-all survival strategy”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/there-s-no-such-thing-as-a-one-size-fits-all-survival-strategy/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Strategy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/strategy/)

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> [The most altruistic and sustainable philosophies fail before the brute brain stem imperative of self-interest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/the-most-altruistic-and-sustainable-philosophies-fail-before-the/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Altruism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/altruism/)

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> [“Thanks to a vampire and a boatload of freaks and an invading alien horde, I’m Human again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/thanks-to-a-vampire-and-a-boatload-of-freaks-and-an-invading-alien/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Human](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human/)

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> [Science is so powerful that it drags us kicking and screaming towards the truth despite our best efforts to avoid it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/science-is-so-powerful-that-it-drags-us-kicking-and-screaming-towards/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

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> [“Sometimes we took refuge in our diving bell while waves of charge and magnetism spiraled languidly past, like boluses of ectoplasm coursing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/sometimes-we-took-refuge-in-our-diving-bell-while-waves-of-charge-and/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

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> [I am the bridge between the bleeding edge and the dead center. I stand between the Wizard of Oz and the man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/i-am-the-bridge-between-the-bleeding-edge-and-the-dead-center-i-stand/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

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> [Humans didn't really fight over skin tone or ideology; those were just handy cues for kin-selection purposes. Ultimately it always came down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/humans-didn-t-really-fight-over-skin-tone-or-ideology-those-were-just/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Bloodline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bloodline/)

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> [“She was attractive, but so was everyone in this kind of light; the longer the wavelength, the softer the focus. There’s a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/she-was-attractive-but-so-was-everyone-in-this-kind-of-light-the/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Light](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/light/)

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> [“He couldn’t be bothered to work out the acceleration of free-falling bodies that gained weight with each meter, but down the length…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/he-couldn-t-be-bothered-to-work-out-the-acceleration-of-free-falling/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Mind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/)

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> [“All this careful conservatism, these shackled environments that barely edged beyond the laws of physics—they only guarded against the Inner Heckler, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/all-this-careful-conservatism-these-shackled-environments-that-barely/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Conservatism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conservatism/)

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> [“Innately affectionate, and innately afraid of unreturned affection, and indomitably unwilling to let any of that stop her.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/innately-affectionate-and-innately-afraid-of-unreturned-affection-and/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Affection](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affection/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edf/peter-watts-4020_affection_innately-affectionate-and-innately-afrai_3150501.png)

> [“I brought her flowers one dusky Tuesday evening when the light was perfect. I pointed out the irony of that romantic old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/i-brought-her-flowers-one-dusky-tuesday-evening-when-the-light-was/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

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> [“Technology is a stunted thing in benign environments, it never thrived in any culture gripped by belief in natural harmony. Why invent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/technology-is-a-stunted-thing-in-benign-environments-it-never-thrived/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Environment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/environment/)

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> [“If you have to go up unarmed against an angry T rex with a four-digit IQ, it can't hurt to have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/if-you-have-to-go-up-unarmed-against-an-angry-t-rex-with-a-four-digit/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

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> [“Nine days after Perreault first saw the woman in black, an Indonesian mother of four came out of her tent long enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/nine-days-after-perreault-first-saw-the-woman-in-black-an-indonesian/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Mermaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mermaid/)

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> [“The Zodiac had rearranged itself into a precise grid of bright points with luminous tails. It was as though the whole planet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/the-zodiac-had-rearranged-itself-into-a-precise-grid-of-bright-points/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Fire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/)

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> [“Why’s a sticky word, though. It’s not especially productive to think of them as agents with agendas. Better to think of them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/why-s-a-sticky-word-though-it-s-not-especially-productive-to-think-of/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

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> [“...something ELSE set your body in motion, sent an executive summary - almost an afterthought - to the homunculus behind your eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/something-else-set-your-body-in-motion-sent-an-executive-summary/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

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> [“but you had a point about language. When you get right down to it, it’s a work-around. Like trying to describe dreams…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/but-you-had-a-point-about-language-when-you-get-right-down-to-it-it-s/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreams/)

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> [“Perhaps they'd been conditioned by all the quarantines and blackouts, all the invisible boundaries CSIRA erected on a moment's notice. The rules…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/perhaps-they-d-been-conditioned-by-all-the-quarantines-and-blackouts/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Civil liberties](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civil-liberties/)

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> [“Vampires did this all the time, you remember. It was normal for them, it was their own unique take on resource conservation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/vampires-did-this-all-the-time-you-remember-it-was-normal-for-them-it/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/)

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> [“Now keep in mind, memories aren’t historical archives. They’re—improvisations, really. A lot of the stuff you associate with a particular event might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/now-keep-in-mind-memories-aren-t-historical-archives-they-re/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[History](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/history/)

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> [“Dystopia is not always an unhappy place. There are, as it happens, certain dystopias in which it's perfectly possible to be happy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/dystopia-is-not-always-an-unhappy-place-there-are-as-it-happens/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Dystopia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dystopia/)

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> [“Imagine you are Siri Keeton: You wake in an agony of resurrection, gasping after a record-shattering bout of sleep apnea spanning one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/imagine-you-are-siri-keeton-you-wake-in-an-agony-of-resurrection/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Science fiction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/science-fiction/)

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> [Every concert pianist knows that the surest way to ruin a performance is to be aware of what the fingers are doing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/every-concert-pianist-knows-that-the-surest-way-to-ruin-a-performance/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/)

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> [“But only part of him was listening. Another part, even if it hadn't read Chomsky or Jung or Sheldrake—who had time for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/but-only-part-of-him-was-listening-another-part-even-if-it-hadn-t/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

[Collective unconscious](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/collective-unconscious/)

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> [Perfect hexagonal tubes in a packed array. Bees are hard-wired to lay them down, but how does an insect know enough geometry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/perfect-hexagonal-tubes-in-a-packed-array-bees-are-hard-wired-to-lay/)

[Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/)

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