
“Everybody always knows something," said Adam, "even if it's something they don't know they know.”
Source: Cat Among the Pigeons
Source: Between The Tides
“Everybody always knows something," said Adam, "even if it's something they don't know they know.”
Source: Cat Among the Pigeons
“Don't leave a stone unturned. It's always something, to know you have done the most you could.”
“It's when you don't need something that you tend to lose it.”
Source: Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
“You don't need something more to get something more. That's what emergence means.”
TED talk on beauty and truth in physics — video TC 14m48s (March 2007) http://ted.com/index.php/talks/murray_gell_mann_on_beauty_and_truth_in_physics.html.
Context: You don't need something more to get something more. That's what emergence means. Life can emerge from physics and chemistry plus a lot of accidents. The human mind can arise from neurobiology and a lot of accidents, the way the chemical bond arises from physics and certain accidents. Doesn't diminish the importance of these subjects to know they follow from more fundamental things plus accidents.
“Sometimes you should have something you don't need but that you want.”
Source: How to Save a Life