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There is no adequate defense, except stupidity, against the impact of a new idea.
There is no adequate defense, except stupidity, against the impact of a new idea.
...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.
Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.
Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.
A satellite has no conscience.
A satellite has no conscience.
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.
If you don't double-click me, I can't do anything.
If you don't double-click me, I can't do anything.
Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living.
Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living.
Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.
Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.
Everything that can be invented, has been invented. - 1899.
Everything that can be invented, has been invented. - 1899.
