"We live in an in-between universe where things change all right...but according to patterns, rules, or as we call them, laws of nature."

-- Carl Sagan

#Law Quotes #Patterns Quotes #Things Change Quotes

“The old adage that polite conversation should not include talk of politics or religion is understandable because both subjects are so heavily laden with emotion that discussion can quickly turn to shouting. Blood is shed over politics, religion and the two in combination.”

Source : "Faith and Politics: How the 'Moral Values' Debate Divides America and How to Move Forward Together". Book by John C. Danforth (p. 215), 2006.
“In the field of Artificial Intelligence there is no more iconic and controversial milestone than the Turing Test, when a computer convinces a sufficient number of interrogators into believing that it is not a machine but rather is a human. It is fitting that such an important landmark has been reached at the Royal Society in London, the home of British Science and the scene of many great advances in human understanding over the centuries. This milestone will go down in history as one of the most exciting.”

Source : "Computer Simulating 13-year-old Boy Becomes First to Pass Turing Test". www.reading.ac.uk. June 09, 2014.
“Reminiscences make one feel so deliciously aged and sad.”
“What a glorious new Scandinavia might not Minnesota become! Here the Swede would find again his clear, romantic lakes, the plains of Scane rich in corn, and the valleys of Norrland; here the Norwegian would find his rapid rivers ... The climate, the situation, the character of the scenery agrees with our people better than that of any other American States ...”
“Roaring dreams take place in a perfectly silent mind. Now that we know this, throw the raft away.”
“I like films that deal with some of those questions that you can never answer: 'Why are we here? What's it about? What happens to us with the choices that we make? What are the ramifications for doing something right, or doing something wrong?' Those universal questions, I enjoy.”
“Because Mr. Mandelas early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy, the singular historic moment millions now celebrate could have been tragically lost to guerrilla decontextualization.”
“I used to say I wanted somebody funny and intelligent, but kindness is the most important quality in a man.”

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