A major difficulty is that the answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx is partly a product of the answers that we already have given to the riddle in its various forms.
Gregory BatesonLogic cannot model causal systems, and paradox is generated when time is ignored [as in logic].
Gregory BatesonThe world is indeed only a small tide pool; disturb one part and the rest is threatened.
Gregory BatesonThe major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think.
Gregory Bateson