“Again, when we view a scene fleetingly, do we consciously see all the details even though we don't retain them, or do we not see them in the first place? Neurological information is crucial to deciding these questions. After all, they are so interesting precisely because unaided introspection cannot resolve them. Rather we need to know what is going on in the brain activities that constitute visual awareness.” KnowsNeedsFirstsInterestingViewsBrainAwarenessInformationSceneActivityDetailsVisualsResolveCrucialIntrospection Author:David Papineau
“I do have quite a lot of sympathy for Fodor's picture of concepts as information-free atomic entities which get locked onto their referents causally, and to that extent they needn't involve anything much in the way of learning. But even so it seems perverse to call them 'innate'. Here we see again the oddity of treating 'not learned' as sufficient for innate.” WaySeemsInformationConceptsSufficientLockedEntityInnateOddities Author:David Papineau
“Speaking as a phenomenologist, it seems to me that a considerable portion of mind wandering actually is "mental avoidance behaviour", an attempt to cope with adverse internal stimuli or to protect oneself from a deeper processing of information that threatens self-esteem.” MindSelfSeemsSelf EsteemInformationProtectOneselfDeeperEsteemWanderInternalsPortionsBehaviourStimulusAvoidanceProcessingAdverse Author:Thomas Metzinger
“'How do you balance the creative with the biblical?' One could pick up the scripture and read it to oneself and you would be communing directly with that information. As soon as you go into film, as soon as there's a camera, and there's an angle, and there's lighting, and there's editing, you're into the adaptation.” Would BeFilmCreativeInformationBalancePicksCamerasOneselfScriptureBiblicalEditingAngleAdaptationLighting Author:Joseph Fiennes
“Assad's mother was a terror. He was terrified of her and she kept saying to him, you're not like your father. That's interesting, but it's useless information. It doesn't tell me anything about how the first and second armored brigades are going to operate.” FirstsMotherFatherInterestingInformationLike YouTerrorUselessTerrifiedAssadUseless Information Author:George Friedman
“The single biggest barrier to effective leadership is, in my view, the leadership industry itself. Instead of telling people the skills and behaviors they need to be effective in getting things done, we tell them almost the opposite - blandishments about how we wish people would be, and how we wish workplaces were. That information is worse than useless as, to the extent people believe it, they often wind up losing their jobs.” PeopleNeedsBelieveDoneWould BeJobsWishViewsInformationWindIndustrySkillsBehaviorLosingOppositesUselessBarriersWorkplaceThings DoneEffective LeadershipGetting Things Done Author:Jeffrey Pfeffer
“Just because you can build a machine that is better than a person at something doesn't mean that it is going to have the ability to learn new domains or connect different types of information or context to do superhuman things. This is critically important to appreciate.” MeanPersonsImportantDifferentAbilityInformationTypeAppreciateMachinesDomainSuperhuman Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“When I was in college, I remember thinking to myself, this internet thing is awesome because you can look up anything you want, you can read news, you can download music, you can watch movies, you can find information on Google, you can get reference material on Wikipedia, except the thing that is most important to humans, which is other people, was not there.” PeopleThinkingWantHumansLooksImportantRememberWatchesInformationCollegeMaterialsInternetNewsLook UpGoogleWikipediaDownloadsWatch Movie Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“Personal growth and professional development require mostly being treated like an adult, which is pretty much the opposite of what happens in most workplaces. People need to be able to make decisions. To do that effectively, they need information and training in how to use it.” PeopleNeedsUseHappensAbleGrowthDecisionInformationDevelopmentTrainingAdultsOppositesPersonal GrowthTreatedWorkplaceProfessional Development Author:Jeffrey Pfeffer
“So, the three qualities of a workplace that would develop people would be information sharing, investing in the training of the workforce, and giving employees the ability to use their training and information to make decisions.” PeopleGivingUseWould BeThreeAbilityDecisionQualityInformationTrainingInvestingEmployeeWorkplaceWorkforceInformation Sharing Author:Jeffrey Pfeffer
“The various processes of belief acquisition which are native to a species include ones which may allow for the reliable pick-up of information, which, in turn, allows individual members of the species to successfully negotiate their environment and satisfy their various desires.” MayDesireTurnsIndividualBeliefProcessEnvironmentInformationMembersPicksSpeciesVariousNativeAcquisition Author:Hilary Kornblith
“Whatever you want to achieve is secondary: the business, the exchange of information, whatever it may be. Yes, you do that also, but there is a deeper foundation - meeting that human being in a state of shared presence.” WantHumansMayStatesHuman BeingsAchieveInformationFoundationMeetingsDeeper Author:Eckhart Tolle
“I think movies in general should have more respect for the audience than they do. Too many films are afraid to confuse people, so all the information is given to them right away, and there's nothing left for the film to do. It ruins many stories, because everything becomes obvious and predictable. I want my films to engage people more and make them more actively involved in the story.” PeopleThinkingWantShouldStoriesFilmLeftGivenAudienceInformationInvolvedShould HaveObviousRuinsPredictableMovies In General Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“When people laugh and applaud as characters are killing each other, and you never see the body that's lying there, or you never see the family that suffers, then it turns into a cool thing to do, like a videogame. Then, when you watch the news and see that 15 soldiers were killed, you start to see them as just numbers, material, information, images. We lose the real weight and real value of one simple human life.” PeopleHumansRealCharacterBodyLyingSufferingValuesTurnsLosesSimpleNumbersWatchesLaughingInformationMaterialsNewsWeightKillingSoldierHuman LifeThings To DoCool ThingsReal ValueKilling Each OtherVideogame Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“I think it's really important to teach our children about their lineage and it especially makes a difference if you share that information while they're young.” IfsThinkingChildrenImportantYoungDifferencesTeachShareInformationOur ChildrenMaking A DifferenceLineage Author:Aeriel Miranda
“If there are to be appropriate judgments about what questions are significant, you need both the informed views of scientists who know what has been achieved and what future developments are promising and the reflective judgments of representatives of different groups who can identify what kinds of information are most urgently needed.” IfsKnowsNeedsKindHas BeensDifferentViewsGroupsInformationDevelopmentNeededJudgmentScientistSignificantAppropriateRepresentativesFuture Development Author:Philip Kitcher
“Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.” KnowsInspirationalKindTwoKnowledgeLearningTeachingSubjectsInformationLibraryKnowledge Of The WorldKnowledge LearningLearning KnowledgeKnowing EverythingKnowledge And InformationInformation KnowledgePractical KnowledgeBook Knowledge Author:Samuel Johnson
“We live in a culture where information is becoming easier to access. Certain special practices have been kept very quiet and secret, and those traditions need to be respected. But there are a lot of teachings people can access that would benefit them greatly.” PeopleNeedsHas BeensCertainCultureSecretPracticeTeachingSpecialInformationBecomingEasierQuietBenefitsTraditionAccess Author:Sakyong Mipham
“For years, right wing outlets like outlets like Fox News and talk radio have been telling their audience day after day that any information coming from outside of conservative media is not to be trusted.” YearsHas BeensAudienceMediaInformationNewsWingsConservativeRadioTrustedFoxesOutletsRight WingFox NewsTalk Radio Author:Chris Hayes
“Years ago, it was easier to make new things than it is now. The weight of experience weighs heavily, and the expectations; everybody wants to see something they haven't seen before. Now, with social media, with too much information, with the speed of information - all that is making it harder and harder to realize the objective.” WantYearsSocialRealizingToo MuchMediaHavensInformationEasierExpectationsYears AgoWeightHarderSocial MediaSpeedObjectivesNew ThingsToo Much Information Author:Rei Kawakubo
“It's important to get the facts straight, a lot of information out there isn't right.” ImportantFactsInformation Author:Donna McKechnie
“One thing is funny because my grandparents are going to come see the show and my mom was concerned that they wouldn't understand, because so much of it is Internet-based. Our generation specifically really relates to it, because we were the first people to discover the Internet and most of us can maybe navigate the Internet better than our parents can. All this information you could ever possibly know is right at our fingertips, not to mention the fact you can meet anyone!” PeopleKnowsFirstsFactsShowsParentGenerationsOne ThingInformationMomInternetConcernedMy MomRelateGrandparentNavigateOur GenerationFingertips Author:Sarah Steele
“You can go to these chat-lines. It's not hard it's really easy. Another thing the show makes clear is not talking about these issues is what leads kids to go on the Internet and find out the information themselves. And then they come across people like Mr. Healy wanting to meet them in the park. That's what leads to these kind of more-dangerous things.” PeopleKindHardShowsKidsEasyLinesTalkingIssuesClearDangerousInformationGoes OnInternetParksNot TalkingDangerous Things Author:Sarah Steele
“I think how badly things can go wrong in our judicial system. All it took was one person saying that this was a deliberately set fire, and then a whole chain of information became malevolent.Criminal past - that worked all in their favor to create this "monster" - and they even used the word "monster." It's like, let's ensure that the public thinks he's an evil individual.” ThinkingPersonsWholePastUsedEvilIndividualFireInformationCriminalsFavorsMonstersChainsJudicialJudicial System Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“If consumers weren't thinking this way, companies would be a lot less responsive. Right now, consumers don't really have a way to get information about where exactly their clothing is coming from - that's a barrier. We have labels on your eggs, "cage-free hens." They need to get something along those lines to allow the consumer to discriminate.” IfsThinkingWayNeedsWould BeLinesCompanyInformationRight NowLabelsConsumersBarriersEggsClothingsCagesHens Author:Pietra Rivoli
“Once biographical information contaminates your consciousness, it's impossible to erase it and look at someone's work the same way again.” WayLooksConsciousnessImpossibleInformationErase Author:Cass McCombs
“Physics is now saying we might be living in one of an infinite number of parallel universes. We can learn practical and creative things to do with the information.” MightUniverseNumbersCreativeInformationInfinitePhysicsPracticalsThings To DoParallelsParallel Universe Author:Robert Moss
“We don't really listen to what the other person is saying. We have gotten used to information being in such a concentrated form all the time, and so continuously, that conversation somehow seems inadequate for a lot of people, and therefore they can't join in it. You notice how many people can't argue anymore - without getting very upset.” PeoplePersonsSeemsFormUsedInformationConversationArguingUpsetInadequate Author:John Gimlette
“Some of those things come out and you don't know where they came from - somebody's leaking totally false information. They follow you for years and you have to be like, "I don't know anything about that."” KnowsYearsInformation Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“Let's say I take a picture of the Eiffel Tower in front of the casino in Las Vegas. That type of pattern might suggest I'm just a tourist. But if my next one is of another dam or electrical station, someone might say 'Well, that's kind of strange'. What do the different pieces of the puzzle mean when you put them together? And one of the advantages of geographic profiling in geography is a common denominator for so many different types of information sources.” IfsWellsKindMeanDifferentMightTogetherNextCommonPiecesFrontsInformationStrangeSourceTypeAdvantagePatternsStationsTowersPuzzlesGeographyVegasLas VegasTouristsElectricalCasinosCommon DenominatorDamsEiffel TowerEiffel Author:Kim Rossmo
“I feel that students always learn more from each other than they do from their professor. They learn by doing and not by trying to soak up information from one person.” FeelsTryingPersonsInformationStudentsProfessors Author:Pauline Oliveros
“People shared everything: information, equipment, their floors, whatever. There was strength in unity.” PeopleInformationUnityEquipment Author:Michael Azerrad
“Real randomness requires an infinite amount of information.” RealInformationAmountInfiniteRandomness Author:Tristan Perich
“Whenever you have something looping, you essentially have something generating information with less information.” Information Author:Tristan Perich
“In terms of what's going to actually happen to me in the story, down towards the end of the season, I'm dying to know, but I just don't ask. If it's something that I think will really affect how I play it and it's information I need to know, than I'll ask, for sure.” IfsThinkingKnowsNeedsEndsPlayStoriesHappensAsksTermDyingInformationSeasons Author:Peter Jacobson
“I would answer with the words of the Stasi alumnus Wolfgang Schmidt, who was asked that question: "What about these Americans who say, I have nothing to hide?" And he said, and I quote: "This is very naïve. This is the reason that the government collects the information in the first place to use against you. The only way to prevent that is to prevent the information from being collected in the first place." End quote.” WayFirstsSaidEndsReasonUseGovernmentAnswersInformationAlumniSchmidt Author:Ray McGovern
“We do need the federal government to share information with us. We need local governments to increase supply. We need affordable places for people to live.” PeopleNeedsGovernmentShareInformationIncreaseLocalsFederal GovernmentAffordableLocal Government Author:Christy Clark
“I really feel instrumental music can speak - can contain tremendous amounts of information - but it's speaking to your subconscious.” FeelsSpeakInformationAmountSubconsciousInstrumental Music Author:Glenn Branca
“The notion that you go to a public institution in order to learn private information about yourself is absurd. We used to understand that when students went to universities, they would become cosmopolitan. They were leaving their neighborhoods.” UsedOrderInformationStudentsInstitutionsNotionLeavingUniversityAbsurdNeighborhoodAbout Yourself Author:Richard Rodriguez
“The Internet has been an invaluable acquisition. I wonder how we would do without it. Information can be sent from one country to the other within the space of minutes, crossing channels, crossing oceans, crossing continents. But still, we can't compete with the might and power and wealth of those who dominate, control, and own the means of the production of information today.” MeanHas BeensStillsCountryMightTodayWealthSpaceWonderMinutesInformationInternetOceanProductionsContinentsAcquisitionCrossingsInvaluable Author:Tariq Ali
“When you know what you like and what you want and you're able to nudge things in the right direction, that's more profitable than ever, because there's so much information out there. Everything's saturated. Tastemaker is probably the most overused word, but I still think it's important.” ThinkingKnowsWantStillsImportantAbleInformationWhat You WantProfitableRight DirectionSaturatedNudgeOverused Author:A-Trak
“The Internet, like all intellectual technologies has a trade off. As we train our brains to use it, as we adapt to the environment of the internet, which is an environment of kind of constant immersion and information and constant distractions, interruptions, juggling lots of messages, lots of bits of information.” KindUseBitsBrainTechnologyEnvironmentInformationInternetMessagesIntellectualTradeConstantTrainDistractionInterruptionsJugglingImmersionTrade Offs Author:Nicholas G. Carr
“There was humiliations, cruelty, abuse, violence. And they were all the time trying to put to fight the prisoners one against the other, filling us with wrong information about the others or giving privileges to some so that the others would feel jealous and would react. And I could see how they were manipulating us.” GivingFeelsTryingFightingViolenceInformationAbusePrivilegeCrueltyPrisonerJealousHumiliationFilling Author:Ingrid Betancourt
“Working memory capacity is really the ability to hold and manipulate information while you're actively trying to block out distraction.” TryingMemoriesAbilityInformationCapacityBlockDistractionManipulate Author:Amishi Jha
“There's a mountain of information about us. I mean there's so much. Anyway, I'm not an intelligence person. But I just look at it and it's a mountain of data.” LooksMeanPersonsInformationMountainData Author:Tim Cook
“There's a lot of health information available on your smart phone. There's financial information. There's your conversations, there's business secrets. There's an enormous long list of things that there's probably more information about you on here than exists in your home, right. Which makes it a lot more valuable to all the bad guys out there.” LongHomeGuySecretInformationConversationSmartFinancialPhonesAvailableValuableListsEnormousBad Guys Author:Tim Cook
“I feel like you have to go looking for spoilers. I'm not on social media, so I will watch a show that was on ten years ago, and clearly I could find out every single piece of information about that show, but I'm not trying to spoil myself. You definitely participate in your own spoiling.” FeelsTryingYearsShowsSocialWatchesPiecesMediaInformationLike YouTenYears AgoSocial MediaSpoilSpoilers Author:Deborah Ann Woll
“I usually am very specific about how I engage information, how I engage people, what context I'm engaging and, above all, the research that goes into each of those.” PeopleInformationResearchEngaging Author:DJ Spooky
“The idea of a visual icon that gives you a sense of information very quickly and that you can easily just say "That's what the style is."” GivingIdeasStyleInformationVisualsIcons Author:DJ Spooky
“Anything that causes you to doubt, to raise either objections or just concerns about it - and they always put the information right at the bottom of the screen so you can't really read it - every time you see a company do that, the ad becomes less effective. The communication becomes less effective.” CausesCompanyDoubtInformationCommunicationConcernRaisesBottomScreensAdsObjections Author:Frank Luntz