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Bernard Beckett Quotes

I can’t see any great evidence that humans have any ability to access anything other than the material world. Beyond that, who knows, but there’s no good evidence that would take me to any particular belief Picture Quote #1

I’m a school teacher, and later on, well past my formal education, I became very interested in science Picture Quote #1

I didn’t study science beyond high school level, but I’d been reading a lot of science books by people like Richard Dawkins, Matt Ridley and Daniel Dennett. I also spent a year working on a fellowship in a research centre - the Allan Wilson Centre - where I got a hands-on look at their work sequencing DNA Picture Quote #1

Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved. It is a type of confidence. And it is fragile. It can be blackened by fear and superstition Picture Quote #1

Our world is limited by the machinery we carry. Its very different to the 18th and 19th century Enlightenment scientists who were mostly men of God and thought it was their quest to uncover Gods great plan Picture Quote #1

The mind is not a machine, it is an idea. And the Idea resists all attempts to control it Picture Quote #1

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Science is a little bit more than a wonderful way of modelling and predicting; its a wonderful technical abstraction. I think science is a really wonderful technical abstraction Picture Quote #1

Thought, like any parasite, cannot exist without a compliant host Picture Quote #1

In the end, living is defined by dying Picture Quote #1

A society that fears knowledge is a society that fears itself Picture Quote #1

Are you saying a society wracked by plague is preferable to one wracked by indifference? Picture Quote #1

Sometimes, even the very best course of action fails Picture Quote #1

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Consciousness is the feel of accessing memory Picture Quote #1

But time passes. Fear becomes a memory. Terror becomes routine; it loses its grip Picture Quote #1

Superstition is the need to view the world in terms of simple cause and effect Picture Quote #1

Many scholars have complained of our tendency to see history only in conflicts, but I am not convinced they are right. It is in conflict that our values are exposed Picture Quote #1

I can’t see any great evidence that humans have any ability to access anything other than the material world. Beyond that, who knows, but theres no good evidence that would take me to any particular belief Picture Quote #1

I just love the idea that people disappear into the story for a while. You grab a book, and you want to get back to it, and your life becomes a bit of an interruption. I would love readers to feel like that Picture Quote #1

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... from our vantage point it is now clear that the only thing the population had to fear was fear itself Picture Quote #1

This is always the problem with building heroes. To keep them pure, we must build them stupid. The world is built on compromise and uncertainty, and such a place is too complex for heroes to flourish Picture Quote #1

I cannot choose to ignore this feeling, of life slowly bleeding out of me. I cannot ignore the fact that life only makes sense to me when I see a smile, or feel another hand in mine Picture Quote #1

Which came first, the mind or the idea of the mind? Have you never wondered? They arrived together. The mind is an idea Picture Quote #1

The only thing binding individuals together is ideas. Ideas mutate and spread; they change their hosts as much as their hosts change them Picture Quote #1

I try not to be surprised. Surprise is the public face of a mind that has been closed Picture Quote #1

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Unable to attribute misfortune to chance, unable to accept their ultimate insignificance within the greater scheme, the people looked for monsters in their midst Picture Quote #1

Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved. It is a type of confidence. And it is fragile. It can be blackened by fear, and superstition. By the year 2050, when the conflict began, the world had fallen upon fearful, superstitious times Picture Quote #1

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I can’t see any great evidence that humans have any ability to access anything other than the material world. Beyond that, who knows, but there’s no good evidence that would take me to any particular belief. (Bernard Beckett Quotes) I’m a school teacher, and later on, well past my formal education, I became very interested in science. (Bernard Beckett Quotes) I didn’t study science beyond high school level, but I’d been reading a lot of science books by people like Richard Dawkins, Matt Ridley and Daniel Dennett. I also spent a year working on a fellowship in a research centre - the Allan Wilson Centre - where I got a hands-on look at their work sequencing DNA. (Bernard Beckett Quotes) Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved. It is a type of confidence. And it is fragile. It can be blackened by fear and superstition. (Bernard Beckett Quotes) Our world is limited by the machinery we carry. Its very different to the 18th and 19th century Enlightenment scientists who were mostly men of God and thought it was their quest to uncover Gods great plan (Bernard Beckett Quotes) The mind is not a machine, it is an idea. And the Idea resists all attempts to control it (Bernard Beckett Quotes) Science is a little bit more than a wonderful way of modelling and predicting; its a wonderful technical abstraction. I think science is a really wonderful technical abstraction (Bernard Beckett Quotes) Thought, like any parasite, cannot exist without a compliant host (Bernard Beckett Quotes) In the end, living is defined by dying (Bernard Beckett Quotes) A society that fears knowledge is a society that fears itself (Bernard Beckett Quotes) Are you saying a society wracked by plague is preferable to one wracked by indifference? (Bernard Beckett Quotes) Sometimes, even the very best course of action fails (Bernard Beckett Quotes) Consciousness is the feel of accessing memory (Bernard Beckett Quotes) But time passes. Fear becomes a memory. Terror becomes routine; it loses its grip (Bernard Beckett Quotes) Superstition is the need to view the world in terms of simple cause and effect (Bernard Beckett Quotes) Many scholars have complained of our tendency to see history only in conflicts, but I am not convinced they are right. It is in conflict that our values are exposed (Bernard Beckett Quotes) I can’t see any great evidence that humans have any ability to access anything other than the material world. Beyond that, who knows, but theres no good evidence that would take me to any particular belief (Bernard Beckett Quotes) I just love the idea that people disappear into the story for a while. You grab a book, and you want to get back to it, and your life becomes a bit of an interruption. I would love readers to feel like that (Bernard Beckett Quotes) ... from our vantage point it is now clear that the only thing the population had to fear was fear itself (Bernard Beckett Quotes) This is always the problem with building heroes. To keep them pure, we must build them stupid. The world is built on compromise and uncertainty, and such a place is too complex for heroes to flourish (Bernard Beckett Quotes) I cannot choose to ignore this feeling, of life slowly bleeding out of me. I cannot ignore the fact that life only makes sense to me when I see a smile, or feel another hand in mine (Bernard Beckett Quotes) Which came first, the mind or the idea of the mind? Have you never wondered? They arrived together. The mind is an idea (Bernard Beckett Quotes) The only thing binding individuals together is ideas. Ideas mutate and spread; they change their hosts as much as their hosts change them (Bernard Beckett Quotes) I try not to be surprised. Surprise is the public face of a mind that has been closed (Bernard Beckett Quotes) Unable to attribute misfortune to chance, unable to accept their ultimate insignificance within the greater scheme, the people looked for monsters in their midst (Bernard Beckett Quotes) Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved. It is a type of confidence. And it is fragile. It can be blackened by fear, and superstition. By the year 2050, when the conflict began, the world had fallen upon fearful, superstitious times (Bernard Beckett Quotes)