“Hitherto the principle of causality was universally accepted as an indispensable postulate of scientific research, but now we are told by some physicists that it must be thrown overboard. The fact that such an extraordinary opinion should be expressed in responsible scientific quarters is widely taken to be significant of the all-round unreliability of human knowledge. This indeed is a very serious situation.” ShouldHumansFactsScienceResponsibilitySituationOpinionPrinciplesKnowledgeTakenAcceptanceSeriousResearchResponsibleExtraordinaryRoundsAcceptedSignificantThrownQuartersIndispensablePhysicistScientific ResearchHuman KnowledgeCausalityOverboardUnreliability Book:The new science: 3 complete works: Where is science going? The universe in the light of modern physics; The philosophy of physics Source: The new science: 3 complete works: Where is science going? The universe in the light of modern physics; The philosophy of physics
“Knowledge about yourself binds, weighs, ties you down; there is no freedom to move, and you act and move within the limits of thatknowledge. Learning about yourself is never the same as accumulating knowledge about yourself. Learning is active present and knowledge is the past; if you are learning to accumulate, it ceases to be learning; knowledge is static, more can be added to it or taken away from it, but learning is active, nothing can be added or taken away from it for there is no accumulation at any time.” IfsPastMovingKnowledgeLearningTakenLimitsActiveCeaseTiesAbout YourselfAccumulationStaticLearning KnowledgeLearning About Yourself Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“Idleness and constancy fix the mind to what it finds easy and agreeable. This habit always confines and cramps up our knowledge; and no one has ever taken the trouble to stretch and carry his understanding as far as it could go.” MindEasyUnderstandingKnowledgeTakenTroubleHabitIntelligenceLazinessIdlenessConstancyCramps Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld