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> [History is one of the only fields where contributions by amateurs are taken seriously, providing you follow the rules and document your sources. In history, it's what you write, not what your credentials are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-dyson/history-is-one-of-the-only-fields-where-contributions-by-amateurs-are/)

[George Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-dyson/)

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## More by George Dyson

> [“Are we using digital computers to sequence, store, and better replicate our own genetic code, thereby optimizing human beings, or are digital computers optimizing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-dyson/are-we-using-digital-computers-to-sequence-store-and-better-replicate/)

[George Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-dyson/)

> [It doesn't cost anything to replicate code. So the companies that make code, that's why they've done so well. We take it for granted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-dyson/it-doesn-t-cost-anything-to-replicate-code-so-the-companies-that-make/)

[George Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-dyson/)

> [I don't know a single person who is not immersed in the digital universe. Even people who are strongly anti-technology are probably voicing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-dyson/i-don-t-know-a-single-person-who-is-not-immersed-in-the-digital/)

[George Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-dyson/)

> [If you spend time alone in the wilderness, you get very attuned to living things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-dyson/if-you-spend-time-alone-in-the-wilderness-you-get-very-attuned-to/)

[George Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-dyson/)

> [“There is reason to suspect that our predilection for linear codes, which have a simple, almost temporal sequence, is chiefly a literary habit, corresponding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-dyson/there-is-reason-to-suspect-that-our-predilection-for-linear-codes/)

[George Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-dyson/)

> [We could construct a machine that is more intelligent than we can understand. It's possible Google is that kind of thing already. It scales…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-dyson/we-could-construct-a-machine-that-is-more-intelligent-than-we-can/)

[George Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-dyson/)

> [When you click on a link, you are replicating the string of code that it links to. Replication of code sequences isn't life, any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-dyson/when-you-click-on-a-link-you-are-replicating-the-string-of-code-that/)

[George Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-dyson/)

> [“There are two kinds of creation myths: those where life arises out of the mud, and those where life falls from the sky. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-dyson/there-are-two-kinds-of-creation-myths-those-where-life-arises-out-of/)

[George Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-dyson/)

> [Digital organisms, while not necessarily any more alive than a phone book, are strings of code that replicate and evolve over time. Digital codes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-dyson/digital-organisms-while-not-necessarily-any-more-alive-than-a-phone/)

[George Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-dyson/)

> [I have had a Twitter account since the very beginning but have never used it: I haven't tweeted anything, and I haven't followed anyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-dyson/i-have-had-a-twitter-account-since-the-very-beginning-but-have-never/)

[George Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-dyson/)

> [The unlimited replication of information is generally a public good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-dyson/the-unlimited-replication-of-information-is-generally-a-public-good/)

[George Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-dyson/)

> [History is one of the only fields where contributions by amateurs are taken seriously, providing you follow the rules and document your sources. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-dyson/history-is-one-of-the-only-fields-where-contributions-by-amateurs-are/)

[George Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-dyson/)

> [“The obsidian flake and the silicon chip are struck by the light of the same campfire that has passed from hand to hand since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-dyson/the-obsidian-flake-and-the-silicon-chip-are-struck-by-the-light-of/)

[George Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-dyson/)

> [“Web 2.0 is our code word for the analog increasingly supervening upon the digital—reversing how digital logic was embedded in analog components, sixty years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-dyson/web-2-0-is-our-code-word-for-the-analog-increasingly-supervening-upon/)

[George Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-dyson/)

> [I read the Drudge Report! And wander around Facebook sometimes!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-dyson/i-read-the-drudge-report-and-wander-around-facebook-sometimes/)

[George Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-dyson/)

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