The mentally disturbed do not employ the Principle of Scient... - Philip K. Dick, VALIS

"The mentally disturbed do not employ the Principle of Scientific Parsimony: the most simple theory to explain a given set of facts. They shoot for the baroque."

Share this quote

More quotes by Philip K. Dick, VALIS

"The cries of the dead are terrible indeed; you should try not to hear them."
"The mentally disturbed do not employ the Principle of Scientific Parsimony: the most simple theory to explain a given set of facts. They shoot for the baroque."
"Everybody knows that Aristotelian two-value logic is fucked."
"This is a mournful discovery.1)Those who agree with you are insane2)Those who do not agree with you are in power."
"It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane."