Experience has shown that science frequently develops most fruitfully once we learn to examine the things that seem the simplest, instead of those that seem the most mysterious.
Marvin MinskyEverything, including that which happens in our brains, depends on these and only on these: A set of fixed, deterministic laws.
Marvin MinskyI cannot articulate enough to express my dislike to people who think that understanding spoils your experience... How would they know?
Marvin MinskyLogic doesn't apply to the real world. D. R. Hofstadter and D. C. Dennett (eds.) The Mind's I, 1981.
Marvin MinskyIt makes no sense to seek a single best way to represent knowledge-because each particular form of expression also brings its particular limitations. For example, logic-based systems are very precise, but they make it hard to do reasoning with analogies. Similarly, statistical systems are useful for making predictions, but do not serve well to represent the reasons why those predictions are sometimes correct.
Marvin Minsky