Pulitzer Odullu Amerikali bilim insani ve populer bilim kitaplari yazari Jared Mason Diamond’in dogum gunu ( 10 Eylul 1937 )
“ Evcillestirilebilen hayvanlarin hepsi birbirine benzer; her evcillestirilemeyen hayvanin evcillestirilememesi nedeni farklidir. Buna benzer bir cumleyi daha once okudunuz gibinize geliyorsa, haklisiniz. Cumlede birkac degisiklik yaparsaniz Tolstoy’un buyuk romani Anna Karenina’nin o unlu ilk cumlesini bulursunuz karsinizda: ‘ Mutlu ailelerin hepsi birbirine benzer; mutsuz ailelerin mutsuzluguysa kendine ozgudur. ’ “ Tufek, Mikrop ve Celik
“ Domesticable animals are all alike; every undo mesticable animal is undomesticable in its own way. If you think you've already read something like that before, you're right. Just make a few changes, and you have the famous first sentence of Tolstoy's great novel Anna Karenina: ‘ Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. ’ "
“ Anlamak cogu kez sonuclari tekrarlamak ya da ebedilestirmek amacina degil, o sonuclari degistirmeye calisma amacina hizmet eder. Iste bu yuzden psikologlar katillerin ve tecavuzculerin ruhlarini anlamaya calisir, toplumsal tarihciler soykirimlari anlamaya calisir, doktorlar hastaliklarin nedenlerini anlamaya calisir. Bu arastirmacilarin amaci cinayeti, tecavuzu, soykirimi, hastaliklari hakli gostermek degildir. Tam tersine onlar, zincirleme nedenleri anlayarak bu zinciri kirmak isterler. ”
“ Understanding is more often used to try to alter an outcome than to repeat or perpetuate it. That's why psychologists try to understand the minds of murderers and rapists, why social historians try to understand genocide, and why physicians try to understand the causes of human disease. Those investigators do not seek to justify murder, rape, genocide, and illness, instead, they seek to use their understanding of a chain of causes to inter- rupt the chain. ”



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