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“Sixty-some years ago, biochemical organisms began to assemble digital computers. Now digital computers are beginning to assemble biochemical organisms. Viewed from a distance, this looks like part of a life cycle. But which part? Are biochemical organisms the larval phase of digital computers? Or are digital computers the larval phase of biochemical organisms?”
― George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe
― George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe
“Almost every cost estimate made by a physicist is wildly wrong, and the better the physicist the worse it is (Herb York).”
― George Dyson, Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship
― George Dyson, Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship
“There are two kinds of creation myths: those where life arises out of the mud, and those where life falls from the sky. In this creation myth, computers arose from the mud, and code fell from the sky.”
― George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe
― George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe
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