Hermann von Helmholtz Quotes

What we see is the solution to a computational problem, our brains compute the most likely causes from the photon absorptions within our eyes.

Hermann von Helmholtz

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• Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.

  

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• The problem with time, I've learned, whether it's those first two weeks I got to spend with you, or the final two months I got to spend with him, eventually time always runs out. I have no idea where you are out there in the world, John. But I understand that I lost the right to know these things long ago. No matter how many years go by, I know one thing to be as true as ever was - I'll see you soon then.

  

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• What we see is the solution to a computational problem, our brains compute the most likely causes from the photon absorptions within our eyes.

  

  Hermann von Helmholtz
  • Problem
  • Solution
  • Absorption