sensory organs serve as a sieve

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An example of simile in a scientist's writing"

"Only when we have clearly recognised the task of the sensory organs will the structure of the whole organisms be comprehensible to us. In relation to the outer front, they serve as a sieve for the physiochemical effects of the outside world."

Jakob von Uexküll

Uexküll, J. v. (1940/2010). A Theory of Meaning (J. D. O'Neil, Trans.). In A Foray into the Worlds of Animals; with, A Theory of Meaning (pp. 137-208). University of Minnesota Press.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.