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> [Computers are like humans - they do everything except think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-von-neumann/computers-are-like-humans-they-do-everything-except-think/)

[John von Neumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-von-neumann/)

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## More by John von Neumann

> [Truth is much too complicated to allow anything but approximations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-von-neumann/truth-is-much-too-complicated-to-allow-anything-but-approximations/)

[John von Neumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-von-neumann/)

> [Problems are often stated in vague terms... because it is quite uncertain what the problems really are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-von-neumann/problems-are-often-stated-in-vague-terms-because-it-is-quite/)

[John von Neumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-von-neumann/)

> [It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achieve with computer technology, although one should be careful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-von-neumann/it-would-appear-that-we-have-reached-the-limits-of-what-it-is/)

[John von Neumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-von-neumann/)

> [I would like to make a confession which may seem immoral: I do not believe in Hilbert space anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-von-neumann/i-would-like-to-make-a-confession-which-may-seem-immoral-i-do-not/)

[John von Neumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-von-neumann/)

> [There is no point in being precise if you do not even know what you are talking about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-von-neumann/there-is-no-point-in-being-precise-if-you-do-not-even-know-what-you/)

[John von Neumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-von-neumann/)

> [The emphasis on mathematical methods seems to be shifted more towards combinatorics and set theory - and away from the algorithm of differential equations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-von-neumann/the-emphasis-on-mathematical-methods-seems-to-be-shifted-more-towards/)

[John von Neumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-von-neumann/)

> [If you tell me precisely what it is a machine cannot do, then I can always make a machine which will do just that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-von-neumann/if-you-tell-me-precisely-what-it-is-a-machine-cannot-do-then-i-can/)

[John von Neumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-von-neumann/)

> [The calculus was the first achievement of modern mathematics and it is difficult to overestimate its importance. I think it defines more unequivocally than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-von-neumann/the-calculus-was-the-first-achievement-of-modern-mathematics-and-it/)

[John von Neumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-von-neumann/)

> [The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they mainly make models. By a model is meant a mathematical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-von-neumann/the-sciences-do-not-try-to-explain-they-hardly-even-try-to-interpret/)

[John von Neumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-von-neumann/)

> [Kurt Godel's achievement in modern logic is singular and monumental - indeed it is more than a monument, it is a landmark which will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-von-neumann/kurt-godel-s-achievement-in-modern-logic-is-singular-and-monumental/)

[John von Neumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-von-neumann/)

> [If one has really technically penetrated a subject, things that previously seemed in complete contrast, might be purely mathematical transformations of each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-von-neumann/if-one-has-really-technically-penetrated-a-subject-things-that/)

[John Von Neumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-von-neumann/)

> [Any one who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-von-neumann/any-one-who-considers-arithmetical-methods-of-producing-random-digits/)

[John von Neumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-von-neumann/)

> [By and large it is uniformly true in mathematics that there is a time lapse between a mathematical discovery and the moment when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-von-neumann/by-and-large-it-is-uniformly-true-in-mathematics-that-there-is-a-time/)

[John von Neumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-von-neumann/)

> [I think that it is a relatively good approximation to truth which is much too complicated to allow anything but approximations, that mathematical ideas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-von-neumann/i-think-that-it-is-a-relatively-good-approximation-to-truth-which-is/)

[John Von Neumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-von-neumann/)

> [The most vitally characteristic fact about mathematics is, in my opinion, its quite peculiar relationship to the natural sciences, or more generally, to any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-von-neumann/the-most-vitally-characteristic-fact-about-mathematics-is-in-my/)

[John Von Neumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-von-neumann/)

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