Ryan Gate

“Whenever we try to improve things and fail, it is not because the spiteful (or unfathomably benevolent) gods are thwarting us or punishing us for trying, or because we have reached a limit on the capacity of reason to make improvements, or because it is best that we fail, but always because we did not know enough, in time.”
― David Deutsch, The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World

“If something is permitted by the laws of physics, then the only thing that can prevent it from being technologically possible is not knowing how.”
― David Deutsch, The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World

“psychoanalysis asks fundamental questions: Why do people do what they do? When can people be held responsible for their actions? Is unconscious motivation relevant to responsibility? And what renders a person not capable of making choices?”
― Elyn R. Saks, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness

“Immediately, every sight, every sound, every smell coming at you carries equal weight; every thought, feeling, memory, and idea presents itself to you with an equally strong and demanding intensity.”
― Elyn R. Saks, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness