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Quotes from The Epistemology of Social Science — Éric Pichet

born 1960 France

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Common wisdom holds that the most complicated thing in the universe (asides from the universe itself) is the human brain. In actual fact, however, other objects are even more complex – starting with human society, especially today’s hypermodern society, a product of thousands and even billions of human brains; not to forget globalisation and the Internet.

The Epistemology of Social Science (2011)

An inherent paradox of intellectual activity is that reflection (i.e.the phase were a research project is trying to process a complex problem) can be very time-consuming . Unfortunately, it is only when researchers are driven by a sense of urgency that they can make real progress.

The Epistemology of Social Science (2011)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Éric Pichet (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.