Information Quotes - Page 3

Information is the #resolution of uncertainty.

Personal growth is not a matter of learning new information but of unlearning old limits.

Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master.

How it is we have so much information, but know so little?

American fascism will not be really dangerous until there is a purposeful coalition among the cartelists, the deliberate poisoners of public information, and those who stand for the K.K.K. type of demagoguery.

You seek too much information and not enough transformation.

Now, an embryo may seem like some scientific or laboratory term, but, in fact, the embryo contains the unique information that defines a person.

All physical systems can be thought of as registering and processing information, and how one wishes to define computation will determine your view of what computation consists of.

The only way to test a hypothesis is to look for all the information that disagrees with it.

I would never jeopardize classified information to be brought out to the public. This information is all open source. There is no reason to worry about classification. It is simply an attempt by bureaucrats to cover their rear ends.

If one reads a newspaper only for information, one does not learn the truth, not even the truth about the paper. The truth is that the newspaper is not a statement of contents but the contents themselves; and more than that, it is an instigator.

One-dimensional thought is systematically promoted by the makers of politics and their purveyors of mass information. Their universe of discourse is populated by self-validating hypotheses which, incessantly and monopolistically repeated, become hyponotic definitions of dictations.

Wikileaks is a mechanism to maximize the flow of information to maximize the amount of action leading to just reform.

Information is like compost; it does no good unless you spread it around.

The challenge is for the graphic designer to turn data into information and information into messages of meaning.

I have something to tell you non-smokers that I know for a fact that you don't know, and I feel it's my duty to pass on information at all times. Ready?. . . . Non-smokers die every day . . . Enjoy your evening. See, I know that you entertain this eternal life fantasy because you've chosen not to smoke, but let me be the 1st to POP that bubble and bring you hurling back to reality . . . You're dead too.

Good information architecture makes users less alienated and suppressed by technology. It simultaneously increases human satisfaction and your company's profits. Very few jobs allow you to do both at the same time, so enjoy.

Secrecy in science does not work. Withholding information does more damage to us than to our competitors.

I thought that subtitles are boring because they're there generally to serve us with information to make you understand what people are saying in a different language.

There’s a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.

An individual without information can't take responsibility. An individual with information can't help but take responsibility.

Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.

A society that relies on generalized reciprocity is more efficient than a distrustful society, for the same reason that money is more efficient than barter. Trust lubricates social life. Networks of civic engagement also facilitate coordination and communication and amplify information about the trustworthiness of other individuals.

That's probably one of my biggest gripes with the Internet - that it settles for mediocrity and disinformation, which puts all information on the same level. Everything has the same value, whether it's Albert Einstein speaking, or [email protected].

I thought I was a good teacher until I discovered my students were just memorizing information rather than learning to understand the material.