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“Man-made computers are limited in their performance by finite processing speed and memory. So, too, the cosmic computer is limited in power by its age and the finite speed of light.”

Men Made Light Age Memories Computer Performances Speed Cosmic Finite Processing Speed Of Light

Author:Paul Davies

“Culture' is a finite segment of the meaningless infinity of the world process, a segment on which human beings confer meaning and significance.”

World Humans Culture Process Human Beings Significance Infinity Meaningless Finite

Book:On the Methodology of the Social Sciences

Source: On the Methodology of the Social Sciences

“All the analysis of infinite reality which the finite human mind can conduct rests on the tacit assumption that only a finite portion of this reality constitutes the object of scientific investigation, and that only it is 'important' in the sense of being 'worthy of being known.”

Mind Humans Important Reality Known Objects Infinite Worthy Analysis Assumption Human Mind Portions Investigation Finite Tacit

Book:On the Methodology of the Social Sciences

Source: On the Methodology of the Social Sciences

“There are three reasons, . . . apart from scientific considerations, mankind needs to travel in space. The first . . . is garbage disposal; we need to transfer industrial processes into space so that the earth may remain a green and pleasant place for our grandchildren to live in. The second . . . to escape material impoverishment: the resources of this planet are finite, and we shall not forego forever the abundance of solar energy and minerals and living space that are spread out all around us. The third . . . our spiritual need for an open frontier.”

“Wealth, in terms of dollars and so forth, could be counted up, because dollars were finite. It doesn’t make any difference how many dollars you have - at a certain point you only have dollars. You start with finite, you end with finite.”

Ends Certain Term Differences Wealth Dollars Finite

Author:Michael Nesmith

“One's head is finite. You pour more and more things into it - surnames, chronologies, affiliations - and it packs them away in its tunnels, and eventually you find that you have a book about something that you publish.”

Book Packs Finite Publish Tunnels Affiliation Chronology Surnames

Book:The Way the World Works

Source: The Way the World Works

“People who care about animals tend to care about people. They don't care about animals to the exclusion of people. Caring is not a finite resource and, even more than that, it's like a muscle: the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets.”

People Care Animal Exercise Resources Stronger Don't Care Caring Muscles Who Cares Finite Exclusion

Author:Jonathan Safran Foer

“Past time is finite, future time is infinite.”

Past Science Time Infinite Finite Future Time

Book:The Observational Approach to Cosmology

Source: The Observational Approach to Cosmology

“I, for instance, regard any particular man as finite, as one who has had a beginning and who will have an end. He has been born, and he is going to die. In the meantime, he has a body that roots him to this time and this place.”

Men Has Beens Ends Body Dies Born Particular Roots Regard Instance Finite

Author:R. D. Laing