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Re:Brain tunes itself to criticality, maximizing information... by pfdietz on Saturday December 07, 2019 @04:00PM (#21732511)
I'm reminded of a story in Ulam's biography.

John von Neumann was at a talk where the presenter had put up a slide with a cloud of points, and had optimistically drawn a line through the cloud. Von Neumann muttered, "at least they lie on a plane."

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Re:Brain tunes itself to criticality, maximizing information... by hdrujvw-4579 on Saturday December 07, 2019 @04:33PM (#21732709)
I've been meaning to read that biography. if anything for its notes about Johnny von Neumann, who strangely doesn't have a biography of his own.

https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Mathematician-S-M-Ulam/dp/...

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