"What magical trick makes us intelligent? The trick is that there is no trick. The power of intelligence stems from our vast diversity, not from any single, perfect principle."

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Source : Marvin Minsky (1988). “Society Of Mind”, p.308, Simon and Schuster

Marvin Minsky

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“Drawings are only a few lines on paper. Therefore it's easy to carry around in plastic bags. Drawings are cheaper than paintings. They don't pretend they'll last forever.”
“Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.”

Source : Frances Wright (1829). “Course of popular lectures; with 3 addresses on various public occasions, and a reply to the charges against the French reformers of 1789”, p.73
“Henry Ford was right. A prosperous economy requires that workers be able to buy the products that they produce. This is as true in a global economy as a national one.”
“Power ought to serve as a check to power.”
“Because God's justice is inexorable, it is hard to obtain forgiveness for sins committed with complete deliberation.”
“Dear me! I must be turning into a god.”
“When one drops everything to come to aide one in desperate need of support, that's love”
“A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple.”

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