"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

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“Faith is the function of the heart.”
“Loyalty to God is alone fundamental. Feelings, words, deeds, must be beads strung on the string of duty. Let the world tell you in a hundred ways what your life is for. Say you ever and only, "Lo, I come to do Thy will, O my God." Out of that dutiful root grows the beautiful life, the life radically and radiantly true to God--the only life that can be lived in both worlds.”
“We are born and reborn countless number of times, and it is possible that each being has been our parent at one time or another. Therefore, it is likely that all beings in this universe have familial connections.”
“I wondered if I might not be in the grip of demons, if they were not making me suffer for their own purposes, or simply for their enjoyment.”

Source : Whitley Strieber (1988). “Transformation”
“That is certainly one way to look at the matter. There are others.”
“Why are Americans so fascinated by Ireland?â€ Keith asked... â€œyou all think youâ€™re Irish. Whatâ€™s the appeal? Do you like the accent more? Is it all the magical rocks? Oh, look, a lepÂrechaun...”
“Ignoring is what you are supposed to do with bullies, so they get bored and leave you alone. But the problem in school is that they don't get bored, because whatever else there is to do is more boring still.”
“As part of the National Strategy, the Government should commit itself to the virtual elimination of functional illiteracy and innumeracy.”

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