Mathematical reasoning may be regarded rather schematically as the exercise of a combination of two facilities, which we may call intuition and ingenuity.
ALAN TURINGA very large part of space-time must be investigated, if reliable results are to be obtained.
More Alan Turing Quotes
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Up to a point, it is better to just let the snags [bugs] be there than to spend such time in design that there are none.
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Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.
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One day ladies will take their computers for walks in the park and tell each other, “My little computer said such a funny thing this morning”.
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The original question, ‘Can machines think?’ I believe to be too meaningless to deserve discussion.
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I’m afraid that the following syllogism may be used by some in the future. Turing believes machines think Turing lies with men Therefore machines do not think Yours in distress, Alan.
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We are not interested in the fact that the brain has the consistency of cold porridge.
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A man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and subject to strict discipline, is in effect a universal machine.
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A very large part of space-time must be investigated, if reliable results are to be obtained.
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I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to speak of machines thinking without expecting to be contradicted.
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Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.
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Mathematical reasoning may be regarded.
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Programming is a skill best acquired by practice and example rather than from books.
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Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.
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Do you know why people like violence? It is because it feels good. Humans find violence deeply satisfying. But remove the satisfaction, and the act becomes hollow.
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My little computer said such a funny thing this morning.
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