Quotes by Differences There is a brain mechanism that works to identify colour differences directly, without first identifying the absolute colour of each surface. So on my view there is no reason to suppose anything like ten million colour responses to surface viewed singly. David Papineau differencesviewsbrain I don't think that we are capable of anything like this many possible colour responses. Instead I argue that the perception of colour differences between two surfaces viewed side-by-side is a gestalt phenomenon. David Papineau differencestwothinking The orthodox view of colour experience assumes that, when we see a colour difference between two surfaces viewed side-by-side, this is because we have different responses to each of the two surfaces viewed singly. Since we can detect colour differences between something like ten million different surfaces, this implies that we are capable of ten million colour responses to surfaces viewed singly. David Papineau differencesviewstwo I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference. David Nicholls important-thingsdifferencesimportant Nearly everybody nowadays accepts the 'causal completeness of physics' - every physical event (or at least its probability) has a full physical cause. This leaves no room for non-physical things to make a causal difference to physical effects. But it would be absurd to deny that thoughts and feelings (and population movements and economic depressions . . .) cause physical effects. So they must be physical things. David Papineau differenceseventsfeelings If neuroscientific research shows that those mechanisms only contain comparative information about colour differences, and have 'thrown away' more fine-grained information about the absolute colours of single surfaces, then that would support my position, in a way that just introspecting our colour experiences can't. David Papineau supportdifferencesresearch There's a difference between the way I see it and the character's interpretation of the events, so the rules within the film are the rules within the film. David Robert Mitchell differenceseventscharacter I understand the difference between journalism and scholarship that comes 20 years later. David Remnick journalismdifferencesyears It appears to me that one great cause of our difference in opinion on subjects which we often discuss is that you have always in mind the immediate and temporary effects of particular changes, whereas I put these effects quite aside, and fix my whole attention on the long-term effects that will result from them. David Ricardo differencesmindlong The variation in the value of money, however great, makes no difference in the rate of profits. David Ricardo variationprofitdifferences As collective consciousness goes higher and higher, all the differences in the world will be appreciated more and more. A definition of peace is unity in the midst of diversity. Or you could say happiness, love, and peace in the midst of all diversity. All the differences would be appreciated fully in the light of this peace. David Lynch diversitydifferenceslight One of my best friends is named David Leventhal, and it has always been a constant source of amusement to see how the similarity and differences play out in our lives. David Levithan my-best-frienddifferencesplay Art and mass entertainment and propaganda, they can all be plotted on the same graph, but there is a difference. David Mamet entertainmentdifferencesart The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success. David Sarnoff perseverancedifferencesdetermination The challenge is to become part of the struggle, to make a positive difference. David Satcher differencesstrugglechallenges I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference,’ she siad. ‘You know, actually change something.’ ‘What, like “change the world”, you mean?’ ‘Not the whole entire world. Just the little bit around you. David Nicholls differencesimportantmean It sounds formulaic now, but at the time, I was interested in the difference between the thing and the representation of the idea of the thing - the space between the two. David Salle differencestwoideas According to a new survey, people who get divorced die early. People who stay married live longer. The difference is they just wish they were dead. David Letterman differenceswishpeople You get a painting idea, and you go do that. You get a cinema idea, and you go in to do that. The difference is, even though the paintings might take some time to make, with cinema you are booked for a year and a half, minimum. David Lynch differencesyearsideas To enslave an individual troubles your consciences, Archivist, but to enslave a clone is no more troubling than owning the latest six-wheeler ford, ethically. Because you cannot discern our differences, you assume we have none. But make no mistake: even same-stem fabricants cultured in the same wombtank are as singular as snowflakes. David Mitchell sixdifferencesmistake«6061626364656667686970»
