#surprising

That a strong stimulus to such an afferent nerve, exciting most or all of its fibres, should in regard to a given muscle develop inhibition and excitation concurrently is not surprising. ↗

— Charles Scott Sherrington

#develop #exciting #given #inhibition #most

We've got fuel prices coming down and good travel numbers coming out, so it's not surprising airline stocks are going up. ↗

— Andrew Sullivan

#coming #down #fuel #going #good

It's indeed surprising that replacing the elementary particle with a string leads to such a big change in things. I'm tempted to say that it has to do with the fuzziness it introduces. ↗

— Edward Witten

#big change #change #elementary #fuzziness #i

Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals. ↗

— Martha Beck

#child #heals #inner #inner child #powerful

One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes; you move to places you wouldn't if you knew better. ↗

— Brian Eno

#better #generate #having #interesting #interesting things

I think that consciousness has always been the most important topic in the philosophy of mind, and one of the most important topics in cognitive science as a whole, but it had been surprisingly neglected in recent years. ↗

— David Chalmers

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Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America. ↗

— Renee Fleming

#because #become #certainly #jazz #more

It's not surprising to see in my own work, looking back, and in the work of some of my peers, an attention to family. It's nice to write a book that does tend toward significance and meaning, and where else are you sure of finding it? ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#back #book #does #else #family

When air conditioning, escalators, and advertising appeared, shopping expanded its scale, but also limited its spontaneity. And it became much more predictable, almost scientific. What had once been the most surprising became the most manipulated. ↗

— Rem Koolhaas

#air #air conditioning #almost #also #appeared

I like a show to unfold and keep presenting itself, surprising you. ↗

— Tommy Tune

#itself #keep #like #presenting #show