PREMIUM FEATURE
Advanced Search Filters
Filter search results by source, date, and more with our premium search tools.
What we mean by information — the elementary unit of information — is a difference which makes a difference, and it is able to make a difference beca… - Gregory Bateson
" "What we mean by information — the elementary unit of information — is a difference which makes a difference, and it is able to make a difference because the neural pathways along which it travels and is continually transformed are themselves provided with energy. The pathways are ready to be triggered. We may even say that the question is already implicit in them.
English
Collect this quote
About Gregory Bateson
Gregory Bateson (May 9, 1904 – July 4, 1980) was a British anthropologist, social scientist, linguist, visual anthropologist, semiotician and cyberneticist whose work intersected that of many other fields. He was married to Margaret Mead.
Related quotes. More quotes will automatically load as you scroll down, or you can use the load more buttons.
Additional quotes by Gregory Bateson
Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI
Add semantic quote search to your AI assistant via MCP. One command setup.
#. A secondary injunction conflicting with the first at a more abstract level, and like the first enforced by punishments or signals which threaten survival... Verbalization of the secondary injunction may, there-fore, include a wide variety of forms; for example, "Do not see this as punishment"; "Do not see me as the punishing agent"; "Do not submit to my prohibitions"; and so on.
Loading...