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“Nothing could be more absurd than an experiment in which computers are placed in a classroom where nothing else is changed.”

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Seymour Papert

Mathematician, computer science pioneer, and educational technology advocate. Seymour Papert is renowned for his contributions to computer science and mathematics education, particularly in the areas of LOGO programming language and constructivist learning theory. more

“Evelyn Waugh was in error when he said that in New York there was a neurosis in the air which the inhabitants mistook for energy. There was, rather, a tensile excitement in the air which made one think - made me think for many years - that time spent asleep in New York was somehow time wasted. Whether this thought has lengthened or shortened my life I shall never know, but it has certainly colored it.”

Thinking Knows Years Made Said Energy Air New York Errors Excitement Wasting Time Neurosis Wasted Time Time Spent

Book:Hitch 22: A Memoir

Source: Hitch 22: A Memoir

“When a branch of mathematics ceases to interest any but the specialists, it is very near its death, or at any rate dangerously close to a paralysis, from which it can be rescued only by being plunged back into the vivifying source of the science.”

Interest Source Mathematics Rate Cease Branches Specialists Paralysis

Author:Andre Weil

“In the same way, the world is not the sum of all the things that are in it. It is the infinitely complex network of connections among them. As in the meanings of words, things take on meaning only in relationship to each other.”

World Way Connections Complexes Meanings Of Words

Book:The Invention of Solitude

Source: The Invention of Solitude

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