I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.

Everything that can be invented, has been invented. - 1899.

Everything that can be invented, has been invented. - 1899.

The idea is in my head to put it down is nothing.

The idea is in my head to put it down is nothing.

If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says read more

If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

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.

...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.

It has always seemed to me extreme presumptuousness on the part of those who want to make human ability the read more

It has always seemed to me extreme presumptuousness on the part of those who want to make human ability the measure of what nature can and knows how to do, since, when one comes down to it, there is not one effect in nature, no matter how small, that even the most speculative minds can fully understand. -Galileo Galilei.

A satellite has no conscience.

A satellite has no conscience.

All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors.

All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors.