New Orts #24

June 30 MMXXIV

The deep truth of being human is that there is no objective experience. Our brains are not built to measure the absolute value of anything. All that we perceive and feel is colored by expectation, comparison, and circumstance. There is no pure sensation, only inference based on sensation.
— David J. Linden, A Neuroscientist Prepares for Death: Lessons my terminal cancer has taught me about the mind, The Atlantic, December 30, 2021

What a heavy oar the pen is, and what a strong current ideas are to row in!
 — Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.
— Albert Camus (1913-1960)

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
— Samuel Goldwyn (1879-1974)

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