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Quantity Quotes by Gregory Bateson
- Numbers are the product of counting. Quantities are the product of measurement. This means that numbers can conceivably be accurate because there is a discontinuity…
- Rather, for all objects and experiences, there is a quantity that has optimum value. Above that quantity, the variable becomes toxic. To fall below that…
- Desired substance, things, patterns, or sequences of experience that are in some sense "good" for the organism - items of diet, conditions of life, temperature,…
- It is impossible, in principle, to explain any pattern by invoking a single quantity.
- Number is different from quantity.
- There is a strong tendency in explanatory prose to invoke quantities of tension, energy, and whatnot to explain the genesis of pattern. I believe that…
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- Rather, for all objects and experiences, there is a quantity that has optimum value. Above that quantity, the variable becomes toxic. To… — Gregory Bateson
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