The alternative to doubt is authority, against which science had fought for centuries.

At its most fundamental, information is a binary choice. In other words, a single bit of information is one yes-or-no choice.

Vengeful conquerors burn books as if the enemy's souls reside there, too.

In the mind's eye, a fractal is a way of seeing infinity.

The Internet is like a town that leaves its streets unmarked on the principle that people who don't already know don't belong

Thinking about language, while thinking _in_ language, leads to puzzles and paradoxes.

Tiny differences in input could quickly become overwhelming differences in output.... In weather, for example, this translates into what is only half-jokingly known as the Butter- fly Effect—the notion that a butterfly stirring the air today in Peking can transform storm systems next month in New York.