"..if a clumsy man trips accidently, we do not regard it proper to ascribe his actions to the workings of the mind, but if a clown trips on purpose, we do..."


"The term "thick description" is explalined as the difference between the observed vs the experienced. The example of two boys rapidly contracting the eyelids of their right eyes. In one, this is an involuntary twitch, in the other, a conspiratorial signal to a friend".

Coined the term "Ghost in the Machine" as used by Koestler and later by Sting.