Science Is A Willingness To Accept Facts

Science Is A Willingness To Accept Facts Even When They Are Opposed To Wishes.

A Culture Must Be Reasonably Stable, But It Must Also Change, And It Will Presumably Be Strongest If It Can Avoid Excessive Respect For Tradition And Fear Of Novelty On The One Hand And Excessively Rapid Change On The Other.

Punitive Measures Whether Administered By Police, Teachers, Spouses Or Parents Have Well Known Standard Effects: (1) Escape-education Has Its Own Name For That: Truancy, (2) Counterattack-vandalism On Schools And Attacks On Teachers, (3) Apathy-a Sullen Do-nothing Withdrawal. The More Violent The Punishment, The More Serious The By-products.

The Severest Trial Of Oppression Is The Constant Outrage Which One Suffers At The Thought Of The Oppressor. What Jesus Discovered Was How To Avoid The Inner Devastations. His Technique Was To Practice The Opposite Emotion... A Man May Not Get His Freedom Or Possessions Back, But He's Less Miserable. It's A Difficult Lesson.

A Self Is A Repertoire Of Behavior Appropriate To A Given Set Of Contingencies.