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What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying read more
What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.
I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.
I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.
Thinking is the hardest work there is. Which is the probable reason why so few engage in it.
Thinking is the hardest work there is. Which is the probable reason why so few engage in it.
...there is no prescribed route to follow to arrive at a new idea. You have to make the intuitive leap. read more
...there is no prescribed route to follow to arrive at a new idea. You have to make the intuitive leap. But the difference is that once you've made the intuitive leap you have to justify it by filling in the intermediate steps. In my case, it often happens that I have an idea, but then I try to fill in the intermediate steps and find that they don't work, so I have to give it up.
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's read more
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.
The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it.
The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it.
There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.
There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.
Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.
Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because read more
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.