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The speculative part of my work is that these particular cognitive tasks - ways of thinking analytically - are tied to nature's laws.
Edward Tufte
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I was writing a chapter of Beautiful Evidence on the subject of the sculptural pedestal, which led to my thinking about what's up on the pedestal - the great leader.
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A practical part of my teaching is to provide demonstrative, hands-on experiences.
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The leading edge in evidence presentation is in science; the leading edge in beauty is in high art.
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My idea here is that, inasmuch as certain cognitive tasks and principles are tied to nature's laws, these tasks and principles are indifferent to language, culture, gender, or the particular mode of information that is provided.
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I hope that I am generous and tolerant, but certainly on the intellectual side I think that there are discoverable truths, and some things that are closer approximations to the truth than others.
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What this means is that we shouldn't abbreviate the truth but rather get a new method of presentation.
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My father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director.
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Public discussions are part of what it takes to make changes in the trillions of graphics published each year.
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