Quotes by Information So far as the mere imparting of information is concerned, no university has had any justification for existence since the popularization of printing in the fifteenth century. Alfred North Whitehead printing information math Can the difficulty of an exam be measured by how many bits of information a student would need to pass it? This may not be so absurd in the encyclopedic subjects but in mathematics it doesn't make any sense since things follow from each other and, in principle, whoever knows the bases knows everything. All of the results of a mathematical theorem are in the axioms of mathematics in embryonic form, aren't they? Alfred Renyi information principles needs Journalistic information and presentation actually discourage action... we think we know, and because we think we know, we think we care. But it stops there. Alfredo Jaar information care thinking My head was a magpie's nest lined with such bright scraps of information. Alice Munro magpies nests information Not having all the information can make me feel vulnerable. Alicia Keys information vulnerable feels People's minds are overloaded with information. Allen Leech information mind people Consequentialist theories pretend that we can set some great big ends (the general happiness, human flourishing), provide ourselves with definite enough conceptions of them to make them the objects of instrumental reasoning, and then obtain enough reliable information about what actions will best promote them that we could regulate our conduct by these considerations alone. Allen W. Wood information enough action Information is a substitute for time, space, capital, and labor. Alvin Toffler substitutes information space Information overload will lead to 'future shock syndrome' as an individual will suffer severe physical and mental disturbances. Alvin Toffler individual information suffering You could reduce people's fears if you gave them some useful information before things went wrong. It's really important to create a sense of confidence in the public in their own abilities before a disaster because they're the only ones who are going to be there. No one's going to help you for at least 24 to 72 hours. So it would be good to know more about it. Amanda Ripley information important people I do not go on my Wikipedia page. There's just too much weird information on there for me to pick apart. Amos Lee wikipedia information too-much The "flow of information" through human communication channels is enormous. So far no theory exists, to our knowledge, which attributes any sort of unambiguous measure to this "flow". Anatol Rapoport information communication flow It is misleading in a crucial way to view information as something that can be poured into an empty vessel, like a fluid or even energy. Anatol Rapoport empty-vessels information views The transition from the concept of information in the technical (communication engineering) sense to the semantic (theory of meaning) sense was indeed difficult, if not impossible. Anatol Rapoport engineering information communication Before Internet existed, films were my source of real information from the world. Andrea Suarez Paz information real world With digital sound just becomes simply information, not the sum of its parts. Andrew Bird digital information sound The need to understand prescription information can literally be a matter of life and death. Andrew Cuomo life-and-death information needs It's very difficult to lie to yourself about certain things. I'm not necessarily convinced about how information is gathered and I don't think the credence that's given to it is valid. Andrew Dominik information lying thinking The glut of information that is spayed at us on a daily basis is an important factor in the formation of our ideologies, and it's not even actually happening in front of us. Andrew Neel bases information important Information is the hardest currency. Andrew Vachss currency hardest information «1234567891011»