“The methods of the natural sciences cannot be applied to human behavior because this behaviorlacks the peculiarity that characterizes events in the field of the natural sciences, viz., regularity.” HumansNaturalSocietyEventsFieldsBehaviorMethodHuman BehaviorNatural ScienceRegularity Author:Ludwig von Mises
“To be sure, the doctrine of a personal God interfering with natural events could never be refuted, in the real sense, by science, for this doctrine can always take refuge in those domains in which scientific knowledge has not yet been able to set foot.” HumansRealReasonLightTruthAbleReligionLosesNaturalDarkClearProgressFeetMankindEffectsEventsBehaviorHarmToleranceDoctrineRepresentativesRefugeInterfereScience And ReligionDomainUnworthyPhilosophy Of ReligionHuman ProgressRegularityScience ReligionScientific KnowledgeGod And Science Author:Albert Einstein
“Zoocentrism is the primary fallacy of human sociobiology, for this view of human behavior rests on the argument that if the actions of "lower" animals with simple nervous systems arise as genetic products of natural selection, then human behavior should have a similar basis.” IfsShouldHumansActionNaturalSimpleAnimalViewsProductsBehaviorArgumentShould HaveBasesAriseNervousPrimariesHuman BehaviorSelectionNatural SelectionFallacyNervous System Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“Darwinian natural selection only yields adaptation to changing local environments, and better function in an immediate habitat might just as well be achieved by greater simplicity in form and behavior as by ever-increasing complexity.” WellsMightFormNaturalEnvironmentGreaterBehaviorFunctionSimplicityLocalsComplexityYieldSelectionAdaptationNatural SelectionHabitatNatural Habitats Book:Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms Source: Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms
“Mankind will possess incalculable advantages and extraordinary control over human behavior when the scientific investigator will be able to subject his fellow men to the same external analysis he would employ for any natural object, and when the human mind will contemplate itself not from within but from without.” MenMindHumansAbleNaturalSubjectsMankindObjectsBehaviorAdvantageFellowsExtraordinaryAnalysisHuman MindContemplatingHuman BehaviorFellow ManInvestigators Book:Essential works Source: Essential works
“What ever is the natural propensity of a person is hard to overcome. If a dog were made a king, he would still gnaw at his shoes laces.” IfsPersonsMadeStillsHardNaturalDogKingsBehaviorOvercomingShoesMannersBehaviourLacePropensity Author:Bill Vaughan
“The social sciences offer equal promise for improving human welfare; our lives can be greatly improved through a deeper understanding of individual and collective behavior. But to realize this promise, the social sciences, like the natural sciences, need to match their institutional structures to today's intellectual challenges.” NeedsHumansTodayIndividualSocialUnderstandingRealizingNaturalChallengesOur LivesPromiseOffersEqualBehaviorIntellectualStructureDeeperWelfareCollectivesImprovingSocial ScienceNatural ScienceDeeper Understanding Author:Nicholas A. Christakis
“The natural tendency of all human behavior is toward the path of least resistance. When you resist this tendency, you become stronger and more powerful.” HumansNaturalPowerfulPathBehaviorStrongerResistanceTendenciesHuman BehaviorPath Of Least Resistance Author:Brian Tracy
“It would be rash to conclude that, on balance, the environment of the globe as a whole is either deteriorating or improving, or that the survival of the societies we know depends upon filling a simple set of prescriptions. It is all too complex and dynamic, whether it involves managing greenhouse gases or Nile snails... The future condition of the globe's interlocking natural and social systems depends more on human behavior than on the further investigation of natural processes, however desirable that may be.” KnowsHumansMayWholeWould BeSocialProcessNaturalSimpleEnvironmentConditionsDependsBalanceBehaviorSurvivalComplexesEnvironmentalSustainabilityInvestigationGlobesImprovingHuman BehaviorDesirableFillingPrescriptionsGreenhousesSocial SystemsGreenhouse GasesSnailNileDeteriorating Author:Gilbert F. White
“His response is more than sensible. It reflects his understanding that evens unfold as a refelction of precise karmic order and that a benevolent response in all circumstances will be the most healing one. I think he is so universally admired becuase he exemplifies by his behavior the truth that the essence of natural mind, unclouded by greed or anger or delusion, is that of peace.” ThinkingMindOrderPeaceUnderstandingNaturalHealingCircumstancesBehaviorEssenceResponseGreedDelusionSensiblePreciseBenevolent Author:Sylvia Boorstein