July 2009
18 posts
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“ “We think differently from all other creatures on earth, and we can share...”
– Terrence W. Deacon (American anthropologist, Professor of Biological Anthropology and Neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley), “The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and the Brain”
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“ “The diversity of languages is not a diversity of signs and sounds, but a...”
– Wilhelm von Humboldt, 1820 cited in “Linguistic relativity “
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“But “glory” doesn’t mean “a nice knock-down...”
– Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, via Speech, Community and Power
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“ “Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting...”
– Albert Einstein
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“ “In an extreme view, the world can be seen as only connections, nothing...”
– Tim Berners-Lee (British engineer and computer scientist and MIT professor credited with inventing the World Wide Web, making the first proposal for it in March 1989), Weaving the Web (1999) cited in Reticulous ramblings! We can’t see the network for the nodes…
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“Richard P. Feynman on The Value of Science
“We are at the very beginning...”
– Richard P. Feynman in his paper The Value of Science (full text) presented at the National Academy of Sciences, November 2-4, 1955. Published in “Engineering and Science”, volume 19, December 3, 1955, p. 13-22. Reprinted in The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The best short works of Richard P....
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“ “A poet once said, “The whole universe is in a glass of...”
– Richard P. Feynman, The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1964), Volume I, 3-10, The relation of Physics to other sciences
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“Richard Feynman on the likelihood of Flying Saucers
“Some years ago I...”
– Richard Feynman, American physicist, Nobel Laureate in Physics (1918-1988), The Character of Physical Law, Cornell University Messenger Lectures (1964)
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“ “I don’t know what’s the matter with people: they don’t learn by...”
– Richard Feynman, Surely You’re Joking, Mr Feynman!
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“Gilles Delezue on learning
“The movement of the swimmer does not...”
– Gilles Delezue, Difference and repetition (via spaceweaver)
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“ “Physics isn’t the most important thing. Love is.” ”
– Richard P. Feynman
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“ “You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally...”
– Dr. Seuss, American writer and cartoonist (1904-1991)
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“ “What happens first in history is that we discover the things that are on...”
– Richard Feynman, “Take the world from another point of view” - Yorkshire Television interview, 1973
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“ “Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of...”
– Jose Saramago, Portuguese novelist, Nobel-laureate, poet, playwright and journalist (1922-2010) 