Quotes About Information

I had some information and some noise, and needed only to determine what was information and what was noise, and then determine which parts of me I should ignore and which I should listen to.

The observation of Major George Beckwith bears repeating: "Washington did not really outfight the British, he simply outspied us!" In

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The idea that there were documents and recordings that couldn't be found online had never really occurred to her.

Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for.

Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for.

In the end, you make your reputation and you have your success based upon credibility and being able to provide people who are really hungry for information what they want.

Staying unSpun really boils down to following a few principles... When confronted with a claim, keep an open mind, ask questions, cross-check, look for the best information, and then weigh the evidence.

Unless the situation demands otherwise, sentences that convey more information are more effective than those that convey less. Sentences

Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.

BrainFacts.Org: This is the most reliable, accurate, and accessible resource for anyone interested in the brain. It is a public information initiative that is a collaboration between the Society for Neuroscience, the Kavli Foundation, and the Gatsby Charitable Foundation.

Unpredictability and the unknown make everyone feel anxious and therefore less able to process information accurately.

la inteligencia es el procesamiento más rápido de la información: una persona requiere un número menor de repeticiones de una misma experiencia para establecer una asociación.

Freedom of information suit against the National Security Agency forced the "release" of 156 TOP SECRET UMBRA pages of UFO documents Unfortunately, all but one sentence per page was redacted… whited out.

People don't understand computers. Computers are magical boxes that do things. People believe what computers tell them.

Data is the pollution problem of the information age, and protecting privacy is the environmental challenge.

In the 17th century, the French statesman Cardinal Richelieu famously said, "Show me six lines written by the most honest man in the world, and I will find enough therein to hang him." Lavrentiy Beria, head of Joseph Stalin's secret police in the old Soviet Union, declared, "Show me the man, and I'll show you the crime." Both were saying the same thing: if you have enough data about someone, you can find sufficient evidence to find him guilty of something.

By 2010, we as a species were creating more data per day than we did from the beginning of time until 2003. By 2015, 76 exabytes of data will travel across the Internet every year.

Google knows more about what I'm thinking of than I do, because Google remembers all of it perfectly and forever.

For years, well before consumer tracking became the norm, Radio Shack stores would routinely ask their customers for their addresses and phone numbers. For a while I just refused, but that was socially awkward. Instead, I got in the habit of replying with "9800 Savage Road, Columbia, MD, 20755": the address of the NSA.

By 2010, we as a species were creating more data per day than we did from the beginning of time until 2003.

I used to say that Google knows more about what I'm thinking of than my wife does. But that doesn't go far enough. Google knows more about what I'm thinking of than I do, because Google remembers all of it perfectly and forever.

Embedded in digital photos is information such as the date, time, and location—yes, many cameras have GPS—of the photo's capture; generic information about the camera, lens, and settings; and an ID number of the camera itself. If you upload the photo to the web, that information often remains attached to the file.

Worldwide, Google has the capacity to store 15 exabytes.