The simplest scheme of evolution is one that depends on two processes; a generator and a test. The task of the generator is to produce variety, new forms that have not existed previously, whereas the task of the test is to cull out the newly generated forms so that only those that are well fitted to the environment will survive.
Herbert SimonThe social sciences, I thought, needed the same kind of rigor and the same mathematical underpinnings that had made the 'hard' sciences so brilliantly successful.
Herbert SimonOne of the first rules of science is if somebody delivers a secret weapon to you, you better use it
Herbert SimonEveryone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones.
Herbert Simon