David Chalmers Quotes
What does it mean, exactly, for a given system to be a 'neural correlate of consciousness'?
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We are obliged, therefore, to say that whoever speaks that which is foreign to religion is using many words, while he who speaks the words of truth, even should he go over the whole field and omit nothing, is always speaking the one word.
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Too many times women try to be competitive with each other. We should help support each other, rather than try to be better than each other.
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I never thought I was a very good manager.
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I came to N.Y.C. in 1988 and got very involved with Act Up. I also started making movies, including two very gay shorts, 'Vaudeville' and 'Lady.' It was the height of the AIDS epidemic, and New York City was both dying and very alive at the same time.
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Veganism is an answer for almost every problem facing the world in terms of hunger and climate change.
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Every one of the world's dictatorships can and does claim to be acting in the name of the people.
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Part of my job as a food writer is to describe food. So my work on 'Top Chef,' I feel, is an extension of that. When we give a criticism to the contestant, we want to make sure we tell them why it's not working and why it would work if they did it a different way.
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I think you only see experiences as defining moments with distance.
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It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.
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Terrorism is you winning hearts and minds of people.
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If a thing seems to you worth working for at all, if it appears to you of moment enough to challenge any effort, then put into what you do all the enthusiasm of which you are capable, regardless of criticism.
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I don't plan to return. I have a lot of unresolved things to do.
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Terrorism has long been a tactic, but modern technology allows a few small men with outsized rage to murder innocents on a horrific scale.
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White was the most fashionable color among the nobility and the rich. Because, of course, white is so easily dirtied, and only the wealthy would do little enough that it could not be spoiled.
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I wish I wasn't … There's nothing good that comes out of that. You get more visibility as a result of it.
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We who go out to die shall be remembered, because we gave the world peace. That will be our reward, though we will know nothing of it, but lie rotting in the earth - dead.
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Hawaii and Fiji are two of the best island groups in the world to visit as a vacationer. The great hotels, the fascinating local people, the exciting history of the two contrasting island groups, and the unmatched scenery make these two of the most enticing stopovers.
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I grew up in the projects. You have no choice but to fight. My jokes used to get me in fights.
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What's compelling about the story and what's very honest about the story is that it's very real and it's happening. There are 200,000 women in active duty, and over 40% of them are moms. This experience is shared by thousands of women, and no one is right or wrong.
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The Bodhisattva lives by the sufferer’s standard, and he must be effective in aiding those who suffer.
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Most work is not coming up with The Next Big Thing. Rather, it's improving the thing you already thought of six months - or six years - ago. It's the work of work.
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What does it mean, exactly, for a given system to be a 'neural correlate of consciousness'?
