Science fiction has done a really good job of scaring us into thinking that computers shouldn't get too smart, because as soon as they get really smart, they're going to take over the world and kill us, or something like that. But why would they do that? Luis von Ahn computerfictiongood share on social
I am a writer and editor with a passion for true storytelling. To me, science matters, research matters and knowledge matters, whatever the field. Lee Gutkind editorfieldknowledge Change image and share on social
The rise of Google, the rise of Facebook, the rise of Apple, I think are proof that there is a place for computer science as something that solves problems that people face every day. Eric Schmidt applecomputerday Change image and share on social
These maxims and the art of interpreting them may be said to constitute the premisses of science but I prefer to call them our scientific beliefs. These premisses or beliefs are embodied in a tradition, the tradition of science. Michael Polanyi artbeliefcall share on social
I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past? Rainbow Rowell callfantasyfiction Change image and share on social
The science of today is the technology of tomorrow. Edward Teller sciencetechnologytoday Change image and share on social
The credit which the apparent conformity with recognized scientific standards can gain for seemingly simple but false theories may, as the present instance shows, have grave consequences. Friedrich August von Hayek apparentconformityconsequence Change image and share on social
The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us. Paul Valery capitaldiscoveryfolly Change image and share on social
Feynman once said, 'Science is imagination in a straitjacket.' It is ironic that in the case of quantum mechanics, the people without the straitjackets are generally the nuts. Lawrence M. Krauss casefeynmangenerally Change image and share on social
Anthropology was the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and beamed at the world. Jane Howard anthropologybeamgive Change image and share on social
