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If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says read more
If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
Hardly a year passes that fails to find a new, oft-times exotic, research method or technique added to the armamentarium read more
Hardly a year passes that fails to find a new, oft-times exotic, research method or technique added to the armamentarium of political inquiry. Anyone who cannot negotiate Chi squares, assess randomization, statistical significance, and standard deviations is less than illiterate; he is preconscious.
What is research, but a blind date with knowledge.
What is research, but a blind date with knowledge.
Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.
Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.
I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.
I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.
The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.
The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.
By the time (the Leaning Tower of Pisa) was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster. But read more
By the time (the Leaning Tower of Pisa) was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster. But the investment was so big they felt compelled to go on. Since its completion, it cost a fortune to maintain and is still in danger of collapsing. There are no plans to replace it, since it was never needed in the first place. I expect every installation has its own pet software which is analogous to the above.
It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal read more
It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal information.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
