毫无疑问:计算机处理数字-而不是符号。我们通过对活动进行数字化的程度来衡量我们的理解(和控制)。
Make no mistake about it: Computers process numbers - not symbols. We measure our understanding (and control) by the extent to which we can arithmetize an activity.
The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when to be obeyed.
我决定了,既然我要下地狱,那不如做得彻底些。
黑洞不仅仅是破坏性的怪物,它们在塑造星系中起着关键作用。
最大的风险就是不冒任何风险。在一个快速变化的世界里,唯一注定失败的策略就是不冒险。
When we think we have been understood, we feel we can control the world around us.
The greatest threat to our forests isn’t logging—it’s indifference.
The cool thing about being famous is traveling. I have always wanted to travel across seas, like to Canada and stuff.