Perception

While we can't change the affective nature of the human risk response, we can recognize that sometimes, our feelings create what I call a Perception Gap, a gap between our fears and the facts that is dangerous in and of itself.

David Ropeik: Oil Spills and the Human Response to Catastrophe David Ropeik 2010

Besides the affection of our bodily organs from without, and the sensation thereby produced in our minds, many writers admit a third link in the chain of phenomena, which they call a Perception, and which consists in the recognition of an external object as the exciting cause of the sensation.

A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) John Stuart Mill 1839

Besides the affection of our bodily organs from without, and the sensation thereby produced in our minds, many writers admit a third link in the chain of phenomena, which they call a Perception, and which consists in the recognition of an external object as the exciting cause of the sensation.

A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive John Stuart Mill 1839

I'm afraid that the first headline would be the perception, and as the saying goes, in politics, "Perception is reality."

Why the Moon? Here's Why. - NASA Watch 2009

I'm afraid that the first headline would be the perception, and as the saying goes, in politics, "Perception is reality."

Why the Moon? Here's Why. - NASA Watch 2009

Perception is a beautiful thing, as I sit and wonder and marvel at what takes place, with all of God's creatures and creation.

I am a glutton for hunting and war stories. Here is your chance to tell one or two. 2009

Perception is a beautiful thing, as I sit and wonder and marvel at what takes place, with all of God's creatures and creation.

I am a glutton for hunting and war stories. Here is your chance to tell one or two. 2009

I'm afraid that the first headline would be the perception, and as the saying goes, in politics, "Perception is reality."

Why the Moon? Here's Why. - NASA Watch 2009

Perception is reality in the land of OpenID and will shape the thinking of developers, users and those who make up the OpenID and user-centered identity communities unless we initiate a campaign to earnestly counter those perceptions.

Perception and reality in the land of OpenID | FactoryCity 2009

Perception is inextricably linked to our ability to observe experimental results and analysis of them impossible without a mind.

2009 April - Telic Thoughts 2009