Social optics Quotes

“Scholars note that human reasoning is limited not only by imperfect information and innate intellectual capacities but also by the broader culture that subsequently shapes the very optics that individuals use to categorize the world.”

“Your eyes have no power to see. They only create optical illusions. Only the mind can see it when it is ready to see it.”

“When the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) found out that Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) were going to visit the site to assist in bringing it into legal compliance, they freaked out! They insisted that the visit had to be canceled and the result was that I eventually became so sick from the toxic workplace environment that I had no option but to leave.”

“Snow cleaning of the world's largest telescope mirrors was an impressive sight. The optics technicians would climb into a huge telescopic boom lift and spray immense clouds of cold carbon dioxide snow and gas onto the ten meter diameter mirrors high above the floor indoors. It would cause some of the accumulated dirt to magically fall off, leaving it less dirty.”

“There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.”

“A graceless pastor is a blind man elected to a professorship of optics.”

“The straight line, a respectable optical illusion which ruins many a man.”

“What Albert Einstein termed optical delusion,The Indians termed Maya or Illusion.”

“Love is an optical illusion that makes you believe the object of your affection is the most beautiful person in the world.”