Carl Bereiter Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Carl Bereiter We do not truly own our thoughts or experiences until we have negotiated them with ourselvesand for this writing is the prime medium. Carl Bereiter reading education writing When common sense sees a puzzling phenomenon it looks for a causal agent. When it sees organization it looks for an organizer. This works amazingly well for purposes ranging from the diagnosis of diseases to the creation of governments. But it cannot account for emergence ... the appearance of complex phenomena not predictable from the basic elements and processes alone. Carl Bereiter common-sense government organization Writing a long essay is probably the most complex constructive act that most human beings areever expected to perform. Carl Bereiter reading education writing