"The truly privileged theories are not the ones referring to any particular scale of size or complexity, nor the ones situated at any particular level of the predictive hierarchy, but the ones that contain the deepest explanations."

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Source : David Deutsch (2011). “The Fabric of Reality”, p.31, Penguin UK

David Deutsch

#Levels Quotes #Hierarchy Quotes #Size Quotes

“I like Valentine's Day. The trouble is the florists and the candy-makers and the card people are all advertising so much, you don't dare let the day go by without making an offering, whether you mean it or not. Money exceeds affection.”
“My own eyes try to sleep, but they don't. They stay wide awake as time snarls forward and silence drops down, like measured thought.”
“I kept listening, kept going to see people, kept sitting in with people, kept listening to records. If I wanted to learn somebody's stuff, like with Clapton, when I wanted to learn how he was getting some of his sounds - which were real neat - I learned how to make the sounds with my mouth and then copied that with my guitar.”
“Joan Mitchell, Joan Baez, Judy Collins - that was my mom's era.”

Source : Interview with Gregg Shapiro, chicago.gopride.com. June 23, 2016.
“For years it never occurred to me to question the judgment of those in charge at the studio.”
“In the course of that night I suddenly realized that there are many tiny windows between the body and the spirit. If they're open, emotions flow freely back and forth, but if they're partially closed, not much can filter through. Only love can fling them open all together, all at once, like a gust of wind.”
“If I had it to do over, I'd vote for Obama without hesitation. I'm very thankful that McCain and Palin aren't in office.”

Source : "Tim Blair, Investigative Reporter". littlegreenfootballs.com. April 27, 2010.
“Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God's Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen.”

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