Vergangenheit Deutsch Quotes

For many people traveling can have deep psychological meaning. ~ Helene Deutsch

If you reject the infinite, you are stuck with the finite, and the finite is parochial ... the best explanation of anything eventually involves universality, and therefore infinity. The reach of explanations cannot be limited by fiat. ~ David Deutsch

The most important application of quantum computing in the future is likely to be a computer simulation of quantum systems, because that's an application where we know for sure that quantum systems in general cannot be efficiently simulated on a classical computer. ~ David Deutsch

[a] heavy sense of guilt [is] the most potent factor in the whole psychologic picture of motherliness. ~ Helene Deutsch

The most general way of stating the central assertion of the neo-Darwinian theory of evolution is that a population of replicators subject to variation (for instance by imperfect copying) will be taken over by those variants that are better than their rivals at causing themselves to be replicated. This ~ David Deutsch

Quantum computation is ... a distinctively new way of harnessing nature ... It will be the first technology that allows useful tasks to be performed in collaboration between parallel universes. ~ David Deutsch

The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests. ~ David Deutsch

History
Coming too close
Is monstrous, like a doll
That is alive and bigger than the child
Who tries to hold it. ~ Babette Deutsch

There are moments in business and in life when you have to say, "Failure is not an option." ~ Donny Deutsch

That outgrowth of arrogance comes at a price: some people don't like is. I take responsibility for that. ~ Donny Deutsch

The scientific revolution was part of a wider intellectual revolution, the Enlightenment, which also brought progress in other fields, especially moral and political philosophy, and in the institutions of society. Unfortunately, the term 'the Enlightenment' is used by historians and philosophers to denote a variety of different trends, some of them violently opposed to each other. What I mean by it will emerge here as we go along. It is one of several aspects of 'the beginning of infinity', and is a theme of this book. But one thing that all conceptions of the Enlightenment agree on is that it was a rebellion, and specifically a rebellion against authority in regard to knowledge. ~ David Deutsch

Bad philosophy before the Enlightenment was typically of the because-I-say-so variety. When the Enlightenment liberated philosophy and science, they both began to make progress, and increasingly there was good philosophy. But, paradoxically, bad philosophy became worse. ~ David Deutsch

I am convinced that the reason so many fans leave Dodger Stadium after the seventh inning is that they become bored. ~ Armand Deutsch

To me quantum computation is a new and deeper and better way to understand the laws of physics, and hence understanding physical reality as a whole. ~ David Deutsch

It is a mistake to conceive of choice and decision-making as a process of selecting from existing options according to a fixed formula. That omits the most important element of decision-making, namely the creation of new options. Good ~ David Deutsch

Poetry is the fiery index to the genius of the age. ~ Babette Deutsch

Because we are universal explainers, we are not simply obeying our genes. For ~ David Deutsch

You can be hard on people as long as you're just as hard on yourself. ~ Donny Deutsch

The key to success is not purely who's the smartest, who's the best, but also who can say with conviction, "I deserve it." The entire concept is wrapped up in one phrase: "Why not me? ~ Donny Deutsch

The Enlightenment (The beginning of) a way of pursuing knowledge with a tradition of criticism and seeking good explanations instead of reliance on authority. ~ David Deutsch

The embattled gates to equal rights indeed opened up for modern women, but I sometimes think to myself; that is not what I meant by freedom, it is only social progress. ~ Helene Deutsch

Any serious analysis of Marxism must begin with the controversy over whether he is a humanist champion of free will or a determinist. Because Marxian writings on the subject often are so contradictory, it is impossible to know for sure. ~ Kenneth Deutsch

The difference between Pound and Whitman is not between the democrat who in deep distress could look hopefully toward the future and the fascist madly in love with the past. It is that between the woodsman and the woodcarver. It is that between the mystic harking back to his vision and the artist whose first allegiance is to his craft, and so to the reality it presents. ~ Babette Deutsch

I've built my success on the idea that a win for me involves a win for everyone around me. ~ Donny Deutsch

Adolescence is the period of the decisive last battle fought before maturity. The ego must achieve independence, the old emotional ties must be cast off, the new ones created. ~ Helene Deutsch

If it turns out that all this time we have merely been studying the programming of a cosmic planetarium, then that would merely mean that we have been studying a smaller portion of reality than we thought. So what? Such things have happened many times in the history of science, as our horizons have expanded beyond the Earth to include the solar system, our Galaxy, other galaxies, clusters of galaxies and so on, and, of course, parallel universes. ~ David Deutsch

Base metals can be transmuted into gold by stars, and by intelligent beings who understand the processes that power stars, but by nothing else in the universe. ~ David Deutsch

I would rather decline two drinks than one German adjective. ~ Mark Twain

It is possible to build a virtual-reality generator whose repertoire includes every possible environment. ~ David Deutsch

The poet, like the lover, is a person unable to reconcile what he knows with what he feels. His peculiarity is that he is under a certain compulsion to do so. ~ Babette Deutsch