“We're starting to realize that magicians have a lot of implicit know-ledge about how we perceive the world around us because they have to deceive us in terms of controlling attention, exploiting the assumptions we make when we do and don't notice a change in our environment. There is an enormous amount of really detailed instruction on how to perform magic. People are always blown away by how detailed a description you'll have.” PeopleKnowsWorldTermRealizingAttentionEnvironmentMagicAmountStartingEnormousPerceiveAssumptionDescriptionInstructionDeceivingMagicianOur EnvironmentImplicitBlown AwayLedges Author:Richard Wiseman
“I see where we are starting to pay some attention to our neighbors to the south. We could never understand why Mexico wasn't just crazy about us, for we have always had their good will, and oil and minerals, at heart” HeartInspirationPayAttentionCrazySouthStartingOilNeighborMexicoGood WillMineralsWhy Me Author:Will Rogers
“To write is, indeed, no unpleasing employment, when one sentiment readily produces another, and both ideas and expressions present themselves at the first summons; but such happiness, the greatest genius does not always obtain; and common writers know it only to such a degree, as to credit its possibility. Composition is, for the most part, an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged by necessity or resolution, and from which the attention is every moment starting to more delightful amusements.” KnowsWritingMindFirstsDoeIdeasMomentsCommonEffortAttentionPossibilityProduceExpressionGeniusDegreesPerseveranceStartingCreditEmploymentResolutionSentimentsSteadyCompositionDelightfulAmusementDiligence Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson: The Adventurer and Idler Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson: The Adventurer and Idler
“Empty heads, cognitive science has taught us, learn nothing. The powerful cultural and personal flexibility of our species is owed at least in part to our starting off so well-informed; we are good learners because we know what to pay attention to and what questions are the right ones to ask.” KnowsWellsAsksPowerfulPayAttentionTaughtEmptySpeciesStartingPay AttentionFlexibilityCognitiveTaught UsLearnersCognitive ScienceEmpty Heads Author:Paul Bloom
“Pay attention to your passions. They are the key to starting and finishing the book you are meant to write. I don't believe in talent. I believe in passion.” WritingBelieveBookPassionI BelievePayAttentionTalentKeysDon't BelieveStartingI Believe InPay AttentionFinishing Author:Barbara Kingsolver