“When I was a teenager, I thought nothing would ever happen to me because my childhood was so normal. I had this complex of normality.” HappensChildhoodNormalComplexesTeenagerNormality Author:Audrey Tautou
“What seems interesting to me is to reproduce in the figurative representation of an object the whole complex system of impressions we receive in the normal course of everyday life, the way this affects our feelings and the shape it takes in our memory; and it is to this that I have always applied myself.” WayWholeFeelingsSeemsCoursesMemoriesInterestingObjectsShapesNormalComplexesEverydayImpressionRepresentationEveryday LifeOur MemoriesComplex Systems Author:Jean Dubuffet
“Technically speaking, since our complex societies are highly susceptible to interferences and accidents,they certainly offer ideal opportunities for a prompt disruption of normal activities. These disruptions can, with minimum expense, have considerably destructive consequences. Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the vulnerability of complex systems.” OpportunityGoalOffersActivityNormalConsequenceIdealsComplexesExtremesTerrorismAccidentsVulnerabilityDestructiveExpensesRealisticCynicalExploitationMinimumInterferenceDisruptionPromptsSusceptibleComplex SystemsRealistic Goals Author:Jurgen Habermas
“It is often said that the progression from simple to complex runs counter to the normal statistics of chance that are formalized in the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Strictly speaking, we could avoid this criticism simply by insisting that the Second Law does not apply to living systems in the environment in which we find them. For the Second Law applies only when there is no overall flow of energy into or out of a system, whereas all living systems are sustained by a net inflow of energy.” DoeSaidRunningLawEnergyChanceSimpleEnvironmentAtheismNormalFlowCriticismComplexesPositive AtheismStatisticsProgressionInsistingThermodynamics Author:Jacob Bronowski
“If complex organisms demand an explanation, so does a complex designer. And it's no solution to raise the theologian's plea that God (or the Intelligent Designer) is simply immune to the normal demands of scientific explanation. To do so would be to shoot yourself in the foot. You cannot have it both ways. Either ID belongs in the science classroom, in which case it must submit to the discipline required of a scientific hypothesis. Or it does not, in which case, get it out of the science classroom and send it back to church, where it belongs.” IfsWayDoeWould BeChurchCasesFeetDisciplineDemandNormalSolutionsIntelligentRaisesComplexesExplanationDesignerClassroomSubmitOrganismsHypothesisTheologianImmuneIntelligent Design Author:Richard Dawkins
“I know I'm not normal in this, but [ Severus ] Snape is absolutely my favorite character in the Harry Potter books. He is completely mortal - good, bad, strong, weak, motivated by hatred, motivated by love. A gorgeous, compelling, complex character who definitely earns a spot at my table.” KnowsBookCharacterStrongNormalWeakHatredTablesComplexesMy FavoriteSpotsMortalsMotivatedCompellingHarry PotterGorgeousPottersSnapeComplex CharactersFavorite Characters Author:Megan Chance