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Sites need to be able to interact in one single, universal space.
Sites need to be able to interact in one single, universal space.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and read more
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.
... it is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness; to make us more aware read more
... it is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness; to make us more aware of what we are, and therefore of what the universe in which we live really is. And since mathematics, in its own way, also performs this function, it is not only aesthetically charming but profoundly significant. It is an art, and a great art.
Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody
appreciates how difficult it was.
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody
appreciates how difficult it was.
You have to hatch ideas -- and then hitch them.
You have to hatch ideas -- and then hitch them.
To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so.
To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so.
Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.
Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.
Like the furtive collectors of stolen art, we [cell biologists] are forced to be lonely admirers of spectacular architecture, exquisite read more
Like the furtive collectors of stolen art, we [cell biologists] are forced to be lonely admirers of spectacular architecture, exquisite symmetry, dramas of violence and death, mobility, self-sacrifice and, yes, rococo sex.
