Quote by Lewis Thomas
The dilemma of modern medicine, and the underlying central flaw in

The dilemma of modern medicine, and the underlying central flaw in medical education and, most of all, in the training of interns, is the irresistible drive to do something, anything. It is expected by patients and too often agreed to by their doctors, in the face of ignorance. – Lewis Thomas

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Our behavior toward each other is the strangest, most unpredictable, and most unaccountable of all the phenomena with which we are obliged to live. In all of nature, there is nothing so threatening to humanity as humanity itself. – Lewis Thomas

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Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves, engage in child labour, exchange information ceaselessly. They do everything but watch television. – Lewis Thomas

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The most solid piece of scientific truth I know of is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature. – Lewis Thomas

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Poverty does not cause violence and terrorism. Lack of education does not cause terrorism. – John O. Brennan

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An education isnt how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. Its being able to differentiate between what you know and what you dont. – Anatole France

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Further Education should be about the ability to learn, not the ability to pay – everyone who is able should have the opportunity, regardless of their family background. I dont want to see students struggling with huge debts or frightened off even going to university in the first place. – Charles Kennedy

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I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers. – Woody Allen

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