"More than sixty years ago, mathematical logicians, by defining precisely the concept of an algorithm, gave content to the ancient human idea of an effective calculation. Their definitions led to the creation of the digital computer, an interesting example of thought bending matter to its ends."

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Source : David Berlinski (2000). “The Advent of the Algorithm: The Idea that Rules the World”, Houghton Mifflin

David Berlinski

#Years Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Interesting Quotes

“You can be the outcast or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love. Or you can start speaking up.”

Source : Song: Brave, Album: The Blessed Unrest, 2013
“Ju jitsu is very Buddhist. All that we fear we hold close to ourselves to survive. So if you're drowning and you see a corpse floating by, hang on to it because it will rescue you.”

Source : "Tom Hardy: 'It's a normal human impulse to watch two people kick the hell out of each other'". Interview With Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2011.
“I think there's so many things happening, whether it's gender inequality or immigration, there's just so many issues happening around the world where not doing anything makes you guilty.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Creativity may have killed a few cats, but evolution certainly eliminated many more incurious ones.”
“A new space race has begun, and most Americans are not even aware of it. This race is not about political prestige or military power. This new race involves the whole human species in a contest against time. All of the people of the Earth are in a desperate race against disaster... To save the Earth we must look beyond it, to interplanetary space. To present the collapse of civilization and the end of the world as we know it, we must understand that our planet does not exist in isolation.”

Source : Ben Bova (1983). “The High Road”, Pocket
“The more [people] know about the invasion and occupation of Iraq, the less they support it.”
“Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.”

Source : Leo Calvin Rosten (1972). “Rome wasn't burned in a day: the mischief of language”
“No matter how much you're going to be criticized or no matter how big of a risk it is, the boldness is the thing that helps you”

Source : FaceBook post by Nicole Kidman from Jan 27, 2017

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