Science Quotes

"Computation bridges the abstract world of mathematics and the physical world of machines."

"To compute is to follow a precise set of rules to reach a definite conclusion."

"The idea behind digital computers may be explained by saying that these machines are intended to carry out any operations which could be carried out by a human computer."

"We are not interested in the fact that the brain has the consistency of cold porridge."

"This new subject will be of interest either to logicians or to engineers, but I think to both."

"In the nervous system we have something which we know how to control absolutely by adding injections into it."

"An electric circuit is similar to an axon in that its action is determined by its initial state and its input."

"One is trying to describe the behaviour of a brain which is made of atoms as much as anything else."

"We are not concerned with the fact that the brain is made of atoms."

"Do the identifications which we can make in the case of the human nervous system, have any significance?"

"The mechanist view is the most reasonable assumption we can make at the present stage of our knowledge."

"Logical systems themselves do not think - they merely manipulate symbols according to rules."

"Intuitionism in mathematics reflects a deeper truth about human understanding."

"The law of excluded middle fails in intuitionistic logic."

"Mathematical objects are human constructions, not discoveries."

"Proof is more fundamental than truth in mathematics."

"Subjective experience cannot be fully captured in objective terms."

"Nominalism about abstract objects is ultimately untenable."

"Traditional logic fails to capture natural language meaning."

"Objectivity presupposes shared standards of evaluation."

"Realism fails because meaning cannot transcend verification."

"The basis of science is not authority but experience."

"The distinction between the world of sense and the world of science is merely a difference in the mode of abstraction."

"The human body is a chemical factory of unparalleled subtlety."

"Science is a progressive self-correction of knowledge."

"Every organism must be understood within the context of its environment."

"I am convinced that the Continuum Hypothesis is false."

"I believe in the objective reality of mathematical objects."

"The purpose of scientific understanding is not to control nature but to understand it."

"If one could establish a relation between the world of mathematics and the physical world, one would have accomplished something fundamental."