Causality Quotes

33 quotes by 26 authors

The central problem of novel-writing is causality. — Jorge Luis Borges
I believe that whatever we do or live for has its causality; it is good, however, that we cannot see through to it. — Albert Einstein
I have tried to read philosophers of all ages and have found many illuminating ideas but no steady progress toward deeper knowledge and understanding. Science,… — Max Born
I cannot conceive of a personal God who would directly influence the actions of individuals, or would directly sit in judgment on creatures of his… — Albert Einstein
In truth, one cannot, it seems, oppose mechanism and finalism, one cannot oppose mechanism and anthropomorphism, for if the functioning of a machine is explained… — Georges Canguilhem
The poetic image exists apart from causality. — Gaston Bachelard
Things worthwhile generally donâ€™t just happen. Luck is a fact, but should not be a factor. Good luck is what is left over after intelligence… — Branch Rickey
Between hindsight bias, fake causality, positive bias, anchoring/priming, et cetera et cetera, and above all the dreaded confirmation bias, once an idea gets into your… — Eliezer Yudkowsky
The law of causality, I believe, like much that passes muster among philosophers, is a relic of a bygone age, surviving, like the monarchy, only… — Bertrand Russell
We are not just highly evolved animals with biological computers embedded inside our skulls; we are also fields of consciousness without limits, transcending time, space,… — Stanislav Grof
Knowing Chris Bennett's Writing as I do, I expected Only Superhuman to have an imaginative plot and a compelling superheroine in Emry Blair. What I… — Mike W. Barr
So the ideology was that: use sounds as instruments, as sounds on tape, without the causality. It was no longer a clarinet or a spring… — Luc Ferrari
Karma exists within causality. It is three-dimensional. Free will exists outside of causality; it is not bound by karma. — Frederick Lenz
Free will exists and operates outside causality. It is not hooked to karma. Free will is like a well that is on your property. You… — Frederick Lenz
Hitherto the principle of causality was universally accepted as an indispensable postulate of scientific research, but now we are told by some physicists that it… — Max Planck
The quantum hypothesis will eventually find its exact expression in certain equations which will be a more exact formulation of the law of causality. — Max Planck
Is the world ruled by strict laws or not? This question I regard as metaphysical. The laws we find are always hypotheses; which means that… — Karl Popper
Each of us can manifest the properties of a field of consciousness that transcends space, time, and linear causality. — Stanislav Grof
Any important disease whose causality is murky, and for which treatment is ineffectual, tends to be awash in significance. — Susan Sontag
Forgiveness breaks the chain of causality because he who 'forgives' you--out of love--takes upon himself the consequences of what you have done. Forgiveness, therefore, always… — Dag Hammarskjold

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