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A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the read more
A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the genius of the last generation.
It's going to be a bummer if Mars turns out to be like us.
It's going to be a bummer if Mars turns out to be like us.
Gates is the ultimate programming machine. He believes everything can be defined, examined, reduced to essentials, and rearranged into a read more
Gates is the ultimate programming machine. He believes everything can be defined, examined, reduced to essentials, and rearranged into a logical sequence that will achieve a particular goal.
The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
Everything that can be invented has been invented.
Everything that can be invented has been invented.
For a smart material to be able to send out a more complex signal it needs to be nonlinear. If read more
For a smart material to be able to send out a more complex signal it needs to be nonlinear. If you hit a tuning fork twice as hard it will ring twice as loud but still at the same frequency. That's a linear response. If you hit a person twice as hard they're unlikely just to shout twice as loud. That property lets you learn more about the person than the tuning fork. - When Things Start to Think, 1999.
I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.
I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.
Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.
Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.
Science is simply common sense at its best--that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.
Science is simply common sense at its best--that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.
