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“But if we play it safe, the problem is that we may be losing out, and I believe we are.”

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Gregory Chaitin is a renowned mathematician known for his contributions to the theory of computation undecidability and randomness. Born in 1947, he is a pioneer in the study of algorithmic randomness and complexity. more

“All sentences of the type 'deconstruction is X' or 'deconstruction is not X', a priori miss the point, which is to say that they are at least false. As you know, one of the principal things at stake in what is called in my texts 'deconstruction', is precisely the delimiting of ontology and above all of the third-person present indicative: S is P.”

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Book:Copy, Archive, Signature: A Conversation on Photography

Source: Copy, Archive, Signature: A Conversation on Photography

“Mathematics is much less formally complete and precise than computer programs.”

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“... the atlas is a manifold. This is a typical mathematician's use of the word "is", and should not be confused with the normal use.”

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“Probability of human error is considerably higher than that of machine error.”

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“Building intelligent machines can teach us about our minds - about who we are - and those lessons will make our world a better place. To win that knowledge, though, our species will have to trade in another piece of its vanity.”

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Author:Astro Teller

“As for explaining mathematical phenomena it opens the question: explaining to whom? humans?, other computers?”

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Author:Gil Kalai

“With randomness it is very unlikely to be embarrassed, but even if you get embarrassed, you can't replicate it.”

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“Italian culture is so deeply soaked in an appreciation of the good things in life.”

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“What cannot be known is more revealing than what can.”

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Book:Impossibility: The Limits of Science and the Science of Limits

Source: Impossibility: The Limits of Science and the Science of Limits

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