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“If you want to understand human beings, there are plenty of people to go to besides psychologists.... Most of these people are incapable of communicating their knowledge, but those who can communicate it are novelists. They are good novelists precisely because they are good psychologists.”

Book:Science is a sacred cow

Work

Science is a sacred cow

This book delves into the significance of scientific knowledge and its influence on human progress, examining the reverence often attributed to science while also critiquing its limitations and potential for misuse. more

Author

Anthony Standen

Anthony Standen was an accomplished British author known for his profound insights into history and culture. His works covered a wide range of historical themes from the Middle Ages to the modern era, celebrated for their unique narrative style and attention to detail. more

“Regardless of communication between man and man, speech is a necessary condition for the thinking of the individual in solitary seclusion. In appearance, however, language develops only socially, and man understands himself only once he has tested the intelligibility of his words by trial upon others.”

Thinking Men Science Individual Language Understanding Conditions Communication Speech Appearance Trials Solitary Tested Seclusion

Author:Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

“Among mammals, a virgin birth (parthenogenesis) can only produce female offspring, for chromosomal reasons. Messiahs are mammals. Therefore, Jesus was... On the other hand, among turkeys, the chromosomal situation is such that all products of virgin birth are males. So if Jesus was a male, he might also have been.”