This fascination with computer models is something I understand very well. Richard Feynmann called it a disease. I fear he is right.

The minute we look, we cease being afraid.

Nobody is driven by abstractions like 'seeking truth.

This fascination with computer models is something I understand very well. Richard Feynmann called it a disease. I fear he is right.

At forty, I was too old to work as a programmer myself anymore; writing code is a young person’s job.

Science is as corruptible a human activity as any other.

Having wallowed in a delightful orgy of anti-French sentiment, having deplored and applauded the villains themselves, having relished the foibles of bankers, railwaymen, diplomats, and police, the public was now ready to see its faith restored in the basic soundness of banks, railroads, government, and police.