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I think complexity is mostly sort of crummy stuff that is there because it's too expensive to change the interface.
I think complexity is mostly sort of crummy stuff that is there because it's too expensive to change the interface.
Art and science have their meeting point in method.
Art and science have their meeting point in method.
The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can read more
The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can be created in the form of computer programs.
It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.
It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.
... it is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness; to make us more aware read more
... it is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness; to make us more aware of what we are, and therefore of what the universe in which we live really is. And since mathematics, in its own way, also performs this function, it is not only aesthetically charming but profoundly significant. It is an art, and a great art.
Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them.
Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them.
Thinking is the hardest work there is. Which is the probable reason why so few engage in it.
Thinking is the hardest work there is. Which is the probable reason why so few engage in it.
Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground read more
Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor.
If you want to get across an idea, wrap it up in a person.
If you want to get across an idea, wrap it up in a person.
