"Discovering a new explanation is inherently an act……" — David Deutsch

"Discovering a new explanation is inherently an act of creativity."

— David Deutsch

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28 Quotes by David Deutsch

David Deutsch has 28 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I myself believe that there will one day be time travel because when we find that something isn't forbidden by…
The quantum theory of parallel universes is not the problem, it is the solution. It is not some troublesome, optional…
Like every other destruction of optimism, whether in a whole civilisation or in a single individual, these must have been…
The whole [scientific] process resembles biological evolution. A problem is like an ecological niche, and a theory is like a…
Feeling insignificant because the universe is large has exactly the same logic as feeling inadequate for not being a cow.
Base metals can be transmuted into gold by stars, and by intelligent beings who understand the processes that power stars,…
Is the human race a universal constructor?
It is possible to build a virtual-reality generator whose repertoire includes every possible environment.
Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense.
Humans may or may not have cosmic significance, and if they do, it will be by hitching a ride on…
If you can’t program it, you haven’t understood it.
Despite the unrivaled empirical success of quantum theory, the very suggestion that it may be literally true as a description…

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More Act Quotes

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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