We are governed not by armies, but by ideas.

We are governed not by armies, but by ideas.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.

Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.

Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to.

Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to.

People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.

People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.

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.

There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods; and that is, the sincere desire to find read more

There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods; and that is, the sincere desire to find out the truth, whatever it may be.

Innovators are inevitably controversial.

Innovators are inevitably controversial.

You cannot feed the hungry on statistics.

You cannot feed the hungry on statistics.