Contemplating Quote by Robert A. Burton

No one seriously doubts Socrates' maxim: The unexamined life isn't worth living. Self-assessment and attempts at self-improvement are essential aspects of "the good life."…

— Robert A. Burton

“the brain has developed a constellation of mental sensations that feel like thoughts but aren’t.”

— Robert A. Burton

He is only fantastical that is not in fashion.

— Robert A. Burton

Out of too much learning become mad.

— Robert A. Burton

“Imagine how different dialogue might be with future generations raised on the idea that there are biological constraints on our ability to know what…

— Robert A. Burton

“How different the science-religion controversy would be if we acknowledged that a deeply felt sense of purpose is as necessary as hunger and thirst…

— Robert A. Burton

Good science requires distinguishing between "felt knowledge" and knowledge arising out of testable observations. "I am sure" is a mental sensation, not a testable…

— Robert A. Burton

“Though not necessarily aware of when we feel purpose and meaning, we are nearly always aware of the sickening feeling when we don't possess…

— Robert A. Burton

Properly conducted scientific studies . . . give us a pretty good idea of when something is likely to be correct. To me, pretty…

— Robert A. Burton

“If a conservationist has more stathmin, less risk-taking gene, and the pro-drilling advocate has less stathmin, more risk-taking gene, how can the two have…

— Robert A. Burton

“The history of science is the back-and-forth movement of trial-and-error advances and retreats, punctuated by moments of brilliance and marred by periods of excess.”

— Robert A. Burton

Our mental limitations prevent us from accepting our mental limitations.

— Robert A. Burton