Iain McGilchrist Quotes

Genes are natural resources.

Genetic theories, I gather, have been cherished academically with detachment.

The origin of each of us stems from codes of genetic inheritance.

Heredity is nothing but stored environment.

You can't have life without the genetic code.

A solid foundation in genetics is increasingly important for everyone.

Heredity is to-day the central problem of biology. This problem may be approached from many sides—that of the breeder, the experimenter, the statistician, the physiologist, the embryologist, the cytologist—but the mechanism of heredity can be studied best by the investigation of the germ cells and their development.

It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.

Genes are little items that are found in every living thing except Sen. Alfonse D'Amato.

Genetics is about how information is stored and transmitted between generations.

It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases.

Genetics is all about showcasing human beauty along with high-quality performance.

All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

… the policy of genes

What is simple is wrong, and what is complicated cannot be understood.

The truth is rarely true and never simple.

Yes and no are soon said, but give much to think over.

Nothing is wholly obvious without becoming enigmatic. Reality itself is too obvious to be true .

Obviousness is always the enemy of correctness.

Man must learn to simplify, but not to the point of falsification.

The nature of oratory is such that there has always been a tendency among politicians and clergymen to oversimplify complex matters. From a pulpit or a platform even the most conscientious of speakers finds it very difficult to tell the whole truth.

There is truth and then again there is truth. For all that the world is full of people who go around believing they've got you or your neighbor figured out, there really is no bottom to what is not known. The truth about us is endless. As are the lies.

You can cram a truth into an epigram - the truth, never.

When we try to make everything clear, we make everything confused. If, however, we admit one mysterious thing in the universe, then everything else becomes clear in the light of that. The sun is so bright, so mysterious, that one cannot look at it, and yet in the light of the sun everything else is seen.