"Science is to computer science as hydrodynamics is to plumbing."

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Source : Stan Kelly-Bootle (1995). “The Computer Contradictionary”, p.44, MIT Press

Stan Kelly-Bootle

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“In real life, however, you don't react to what someone did; you react only to what you think she did, and the gap between action and perception is bridged by the art of impression management. If life itself is but what you deem it, then why not focus your efforts on persuading others to believe that you are a virtuous and trustworthy cooperator?”
“The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.”
“I have been very lucky. I have always been able to eat and drink and dance in my life so I am not afraid of anything. And if suddenly I should have nothing I would still be grateful.”
“Thoughts race, as if, in a mind devoid of memory, each idea has too much space to grow and move, to collide with others in a shower of sparks before spinning off into its own distance.”

Source : S J Watson (2011). “Before I Go To Sleep”, p.308, Random House
“In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.”
“Unlimited growth assumes unlimited resources, and this is the genesis of Ecocide.”
“The analogy I use is that 'World of Warcraft' is like going to the mall: you see a ton of people there, but you don't really want to interact with them; you just want to know you're part of the human race. And if you get in trouble, you'll know someone else is there.”

Source : "The future of games is freedom". Interview with Alexander Gambotto-Burke, www.theguardian.com. July 19, 2006.
“All that exists, exists in some amount and can be measured.”

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