We think that the world is a solid, vivid place, full of shape and colour and solid objects like this table and this microphone and so on, but we actually create that in our heads out of the bits of information that hit the back of our eyeballs or hit our eardrums or hit our tongues or whatever.
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Perception, Reality, Senses, Cognition, Philosophy
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“There was a distinct absence of anything female in the room – the same sort of absence that a missing picture leaves behind it on a wall.” Douglas Adams
Description, Absence, Gender, Observation, Comparison
Douglas Adams Description, Absence, Gender, Observation, Comparison“In the center lay the exploded carcass of a lonely sperm whale that hadn't lived long enough to be disappointed with its lot.” Douglas Adams
Description, Loneliness, Disappointment, Mortality, Absurdity
Douglas Adams Description, Loneliness, Disappointment, Mortality, Absurdity“The air was stifling, but he liked it because it was stifling city air, full of excitingly unpleasant smells, dangerous music, and the distant sound of warring police tribes.” Douglas Adams
Urban Life, Sensory Description, Atmosphere, City, Perception
Douglas Adams Urban Life, Sensory Description, Atmosphere, City, Perception“It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.” Douglas Adams
Humor, Problem-solving, Food, Absurdity, Understatement
Douglas Adams Humor, Problem-solving, Food, Absurdity, Understatement“What the computer in virtual reality enables us to do is to recalibrate ourselves so that we can start seeing those pieces of information that are invisible to us but have become important for us to understand.” Douglas Adams
Technology, Virtual Reality, Perception, Information, Understanding
Douglas Adams Technology, Virtual Reality, Perception, Information, Understanding“Shee, you guys are so unhip it's a wonder your bums don't fall off.” Douglas Adams
Coolness, Humor, Insult, Slang, Exaggeration
Douglas Adams Coolness, Humor, Insult, Slang, Exaggeration“I don't say that I don't believe in God because that implies that there is a God for me not to believe in.” Douglas Adams
Atheism, Belief, God, Language, Logic
Douglas Adams Atheism, Belief, God, Language, Logic“The Electric Monk was a labor-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder. Dishwashers washed tedious dishes for you, thus saving you the bother of washing them yourself, video recorders watched tedious television for you, thus saving you the bother of looking at it yourself; Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the things the world expected you to believe.” Douglas Adams
Technology, Belief, Humor, Society, Automation
Douglas Adams Technology, Belief, Humor, Society, Automation“One, a young man, was tall, thin and angular; even muffled inside a heavy dark coat he walked a little like an affronted heron. The.” Douglas Adams
Description, Character, Imagery, Humor, Observation
Douglas Adams Description, Character, Imagery, Humor, Observation“I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons.” Douglas Adams
Humor, Taxes, Absurdity, Death, Financial Planning
Douglas Adams Humor, Taxes, Absurdity, Death, Financial Planning“Shall I leave the window open or would you like to try the door?" she said with a sniff.” Douglas Adams
Sarcasm, Options, Humor, Dialogue, Attitude
Douglas Adams Sarcasm, Options, Humor, Dialogue, Attitude“If I were not an atheist, I think I would have to be a Catholic because if it wasn't the forces of natural selection that designed fish, It must have been an Italian.” Douglas Adams
Atheism, Religion, Humor, Design, Evolution
Douglas Adams Atheism, Religion, Humor, Design, Evolution“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” Douglas Adams
Destiny, Journey, Life, Acceptance, Wisdom
Douglas Adams Destiny, Journey, Life, Acceptance, Wisdom“It seems to me that the whole field of humour could benefit from close and immediate scrutiny. Clearly we need to sort out the jokes which have any kind of genuine psychological value from those which merely encourage drug abuse and should be stopped.” Douglas Adams
Humor, Analysis, Psychology, Drug Abuse, Social Commentary
Douglas Adams Humor, Analysis, Psychology, Drug Abuse, Social Commentary“Usually it's very relaxing to be with someone who's so self-absorbed, because it doesn't make any demands on you.” Douglas Adams
Relationships, Self-absorption, Relaxation, Humor, Social Observation
Douglas Adams Relationships, Self-absorption, Relaxation, Humor, Social Observation“Every country is like a particular type of person. America is like a belligerent, adolescent boy; Canada is like an intelligent, 35-year-old woman. Australia is like Jack Nicholson. It comes right up to you and laughs very hard in your face in a highly threatening and engaging manner.” Douglas Adams
Countries, Personification, Humor, Cultural Comparisons, Stereotypes
Douglas Adams Countries, Personification, Humor, Cultural Comparisons, Stereotypes“One of the most important things you learn from the Internet is that there is no 'them' out there. It's just an awful lot of 'us.'” Douglas Adams
Internet, Humanity, Community, Perspective, Connectivity
Douglas Adams Internet, Humanity, Community, Perspective, Connectivity“There was one planet off in the seventh dimension that got used as a ball in a game of intergalactic bar billiards. Got potted straight into a black hole.” Douglas Adams
Science Fiction, Humor, Space, Games, Black Holes
Douglas Adams Science Fiction, Humor, Space, Games, Black Holes“Of course you can't 'trust' what people tell you on the web anymore than you can 'trust' what people tell you on megaphones, postcards or in restaurants. Working out the social politics of who you can trust and why is, quite literally, what a very large part of our brain has evolved to do.” Douglas Adams
Trust, Internet, Information, Evolution, Critical Thinking
Douglas Adams Trust, Internet, Information, Evolution, Critical Thinking