It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It read more

It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young.

Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -- massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source read more

Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -- massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it.

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment.

The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment.

If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing.

If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing.

Spending an evening on the World Wide Web is much like sitting down to a dinner of Cheetos, two hours read more

Spending an evening on the World Wide Web is much like sitting down to a dinner of Cheetos, two hours later your fingers are yellow and you're no longer hungry, but you haven't been nourished.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think read more

The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.