For [Richard] Feynman, the essence of the scientific imagination was a powerful and almost painful rule. What scientists create must match reality. It must match what is already known. Scientific creativity is imagination in a straitjacket.
James GleickEverything we care about lies somewhere in the middle, where pattern and randomness interlace.
James GleickAt its most fundamental, information is a binary choice. In other words, a single bit of information is one yes-or-no choice.
James Gleick