“[T]he true natural sciences lock together in theory and evidence to form the ineradicable technical base of modern civilization. The pseudosciences satisfy personal psychological needs... but lack the ideas or the means to contribute to the technical base.” NeedsMeanIdeasTogetherFormReligionNaturalModernTheoryCivilizationEvidencePsychologicalLocksNatural SciencePseudoscienceModern CivilizationPsychological Needs Author:E. O. Wilson
“Thoughts there are, that need no embodying, no form, no expression. It is enough to hint at them vaguely; a word, and they are heard and seen.” NeedsEnoughFormHeardExpressionHints Book:Pensées of Joubert Source: Pensées of Joubert