Determinism Quotes

Determinism Quote of the day

Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.

History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.

Life calls the tune, we dance.

What each individual wills is obstructed by everyone else, and what emerges is something that no one willed.

The assumption of an absolute determinism is the essential foundation of every scientific enquiry.

Man is a masterpiece of creation if for no other reason than that, all the weight of evidence for determinism notwithstanding, he believes he has free will.

The more we know about our universe, the more difficult it becomes to believe in determinism.

There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice.

It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset.

The world changed from having the determinism of a clock to having the contingency of a pinball machine.

Free will is the sensation of making a choice. The sensation is real, but the choice seems illusory. Laws of physics determine the future.

In one sense I feel that my book is a one-woman argument against determinism.

A profound political question is suddenly on the table: Must the country continue to give precedence to private financial gain and market determinism over human lives and broad public values?

Thought isn't a form of energy. So how on Earth can it change material processes? That question has still not been answered.

Destiny is always a doorstep away, if we know to move in the right direction.

History abhors determinism but cannot tolerate chance.

Almost always, genes are about potentials and vulnerabilities rather than about determinism.

In the mind there is no absolute or free will.

Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being.

Perhaps to restore human freedom we should deny determinism ?

Circumstances make man, not man circumstances.

Historical determinism is a recipe for political quietism.

When we succumb to believing that we are victims of our circumstances and yield to the plight of determinism, we lose hope, we lose drive, and we settle into resignation and stagnation.

The way out is the way through.

No one has ever announced that because determinism is true thermostats do not control temperature.

The cause-effect sequences in our brains are just as determining, just as inescapable, as anywhere else in Nature.

It seemed incredible that this day, a day without warnings or omens, might be that of my implacable death.

Too often we shape our public positions on the basis of our economic connections. That brings us dangerously close to economic determinism.

Simple determinism, whether of the genetic or environmental kind, is a depressing prospect for those with a fondness for free will.

The very genetic determinism I posited in World's End as a way of shaking off my inherited demons is being proven in fact as we map out the human genome.

Contingency is a thing unto itself, not the titration of determinism by randomness.

Science admits no exceptions; otherwise there would be no determinism in science, or rather, there would be no science.

Abandoned by philosophy, politics, and sociology, historical determinism continues to hold out in formalist art criticism.

Obviously if any actions, even a lunatic's, can be causeless, determinism is done for. If the chain of causation can be broken for a madman, it can be broken for a man.

[L]ife is more than just steering a course around pain.

Limits are always extended, never broken.

There’s no such thing as probability, " she says, slowly, with minimal movement of her jaw. "Things turn out the way they do.

[The materialist] thinks me a slave because I am not allowed to believe in determinism. I think [the materialist] a slave because he is not allowed to believe in fairies.

Cleverness have no meanings until you find the stupidity that teach you.

You don't choose to choose what you choose in life!

You is not you until you see the path of your faith.

Whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

... Nature almost surely operates by combining chance with necessity, randomness with determinism...

We all are characters in a movie.

My destiny plays with me in such a wayI feel I play with my destiny.

Can't you see there's a determinism about the fate of nations? They all seem to get what they deserve in the long run.

Determinism gives you the freedom to do whatever you like.

The future is certain. It is just not known.

The universe holds a destiny in store for people who will not build their own, but they seldom like it.

Future is predestined and unchangeable.