Re:Peter Norvig's collection of quotes
by mynameishere on Sunday January 11, 2009 @12:27AM
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No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it.
- Leon Battista Alberti, (architect [1/3rd], painter [1/3rd] and mathematician [1/3rd, possibly less])
Re:Peter Norvig's collection of quotes
by skmurphy on Sunday January 11, 2009 @05:41PM
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this is good, I want to use this as Nikil's application of to Feynman's metaphor for science to startups in my entrepreneurial quotes list. Can you please send me an appropriate attribution I can use.
Re:Peter Norvig's collection of quotes
by skmurphy on Sunday January 11, 2009 @05:36PM
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I have seen Pasteur's quote frequently translated as "chance favors the prepared mind" but Norvig cites it as "chance favors only the prepared mind" which is closer to the original French and has a profoundly different meaning. It's certainly a stronger argument that a simple plan or clear hypothesis set will allow you to improvise more successfully as events unfold.
Re:Peter Norvig's collection of quotes
by alexyim on Sunday January 11, 2009 @06:37PM
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Am I the only one who doesn't see anything particularly special about Norvig's collection of quotes? Why do quotes that he likes hold any more relevance than someone else's? It's much better to build your own collection that is relevant to how you live your life.
Re:Peter Norvig's collection of quotes
by es on Sunday January 11, 2009 @09:14AM
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One of my favorite quotes is by H. Skovoroda:
"Merciful God for making the attainment of what is necessary easy, and for making everything that is hard to get unnecessary"
"In the future, search engines should be as useful as HAL in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey--but hopefully they won't kill people."
s/Science/Startup/
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.
- Voltaire
A witty saying proves nothing. - Voltaire