5 Quotes & Sayings By James P Carse

James P. Carse is a world renowned science writer and polymath, as well as a keen amateur naturalist, who has spent his life exploring, studying, and writing about nature. His books have been translated into over thirty languages. James Carse has also been a frequent lecturer at universities on the effects of randomness in nature and how it shapes history, science, and culture.

To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To...
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To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated. James P. Carse
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To be playful is not to be trivial or frivolous, or to act as if nothing of consequence will happen. On the contrary, when we are playful… everything that happens is of consequence, for seriousness is a dread of the unpredictable outcome of open possibility. To be serious is to press for a specified conclusion. To be playful is to allow for unlimited possibility. James P. Carse
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What will undo any boundary is the awareness that it is our vision, and not what we are viewing, that is limited. James P. Carse
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A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play. James P. Carse