“When common sense sees a puzzling phenomenon it looks for a causal agent. When it sees organization it looks for an organizer. This works amazingly well for purposes ranging from the diagnosis of diseases to the creation of governments. But it cannot account for emergence ... the appearance of complex phenomena not predictable from the basic elements and processes alone.” WellsLooksGovernmentPurposeProcessCommonCreationDiseaseElementsOrganizationAccountsComplexesAppearanceCommon SenseAgentsPhenomenonPredictableDiagnosisEmergenceOrganizerPuzzling Book:Education and Mind in the Knowledge Age Source: Education and Mind in the Knowledge Age
“A tendency to resume the same mode of action at stated times is peculiarly the characteristic of the nervous system; and on this account regularity is of great consequence in exercising the moral and intellectual power. All nervous diseases have a marked tendency to observe regular periods; and the natural inclination to sleep at the approach of night is another instance of the same fact.” FactsActionNightNaturalSleepMoralHabitPeriodsExerciseDiseaseApproachIntellectualConsequenceAccountsTendenciesInstanceNervousCharacteristicsInclinationNervous SystemResumesRegularity Author:George Combe
“How much ... did the volume of disease in a nation account for its spirit? If so, the eradication of sickness, as far as it was possible, was a responsibility a democracy must assume for its people.” PeopleIfsCareSpiritNationsResponsibilityDemocracyDiseaseAccountsAssumingIllnessHealth CareSicknessVolume Author:Alice Tisdale Hobart
“We have accounts of the deification of men in pagan mythology. But I do not remember any account of a god becoming a man, to help man. Whoever heard of Jupiter or Mars or Minerva coming down and attempting to bear the burdens of men? The gods were willing enough to receive the gifts of men, but Christianity is unique in the fact that our God became a man with human infirmity and emptied Himself of the glory of heaven, in order that He might take upon Himself the sins, diseases and weakness of our humanity.” MenHumansEnoughFactsHelpingMightRememberHumanityOrderHeavenSinChristianityHeardWillingBearsBecomingDiseaseUniqueGloryWeaknessAccountsDown AndBurdenMythologyMarsAttemptingPaganInfirmityJupiterMinervaBecoming A Man Author:A. C. Dixon
“Astrology is a disease, not a science... It is a tree under the shadow of which all sorts of superstitions thrive. ... Only fools and charlatans lend value to it.” ScienceValuesTreeFoolDiseaseShadowAccountsThriveSuperstitionsAstrologyCharlatans Author:Maimonides
“Think about it: Heart disease and diabetes, which account for more deaths in the U.S. and worldwide than everything else combined, are completely preventable by making comprehensive lifestyle changes. Without drugs or surgery.” ThinkingHeartDeathChangeHealthDrugDiseaseAccountsIllnessLifestyleCombinationHealthcareSurgeryMaking ChangesComprehensiveHealthy LifestyleDiabetesPreventionHeart DiseaseLifestyle Change Author:Dean Ornish
“...There's a lot of money in the Western diet. The more you process any food, the more profitable it becomes. The healthcare industry makes more money treating chronic diseases (which account for three quarters of the $2 trillion plus we spend each year on health care in this country) than preventing them.” YearsCountryCareThreeProcessIndustryDiseaseAccountsWesternHealth CareDietsPlusQuartersHealthcareMore MoneyLots Of MoneyProfitablePreventing Book:Food Rules: An Eater's Manual Source: Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
“We are a caring nation, and our values should also guide us on how we harness the gifts of science. New medical breakthroughs bring the hope of cures for terrible diseases and treatments that can improve the lives of millions. Our challenge is to make sure that science serves the cause of humanity instead of the other way around.” WayShouldScienceValuesHumanityNationsCausesChallengesMillionsTerribleDiseaseAccountsCaringGuidesMedicalCuresTreatmentBreakthroughHarnessMedical Breakthroughs Author:George W. Bush
“Science affects the average man and woman in two ways already. He or she benefits by its application driving a motor-car or omnibus instead of a horse-drawn vehicle, being treated for disease by a doctor or surgeon rather than a witch, and being killed with an automatic pistol or shell in place of a dagger or a battle-axe.” MenWayTwoScienceCarBattleDiseaseBenefitsMen And WomenDoctorsAccountsHorseAverageDrivingTreatedWitchApplicationVehicleShellsMotorTwo WaysSurgeonsPistolsAverage ManDaggersMotor Cars Author:John B. S. Haldane