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> [It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achieve with computer technology, although one should be careful with such statements, as they tend to sound pretty silly in 5 years.](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/)

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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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