Computers Quote by Alan Kay

A computer is not really like us. It is a projection of a very small part of ourselves: that portion devoted to logic, order,…

— Ellen Ullman

The purpose of computers is human freedom.

— Ted Nelson

A computer is like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no mercy

— Joseph Campbell

“The computer focuses ruthlessly on things that can be represented in numbers. In so doing, it seduces people into thinking that other aspects of…

— George Friedman

More than sixty years ago, mathematical logicians, by defining precisely the concept of an algorithm, gave content to the ancient human idea of an…

— David Berlinski

The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.

— Alan Kay

It (the computer) is a medium that can dynamically simulate the details of any other medium, including media that cannot exist physically. It is…

— Alan Kay

A computer cannot manufacture new information. That's the difference between our brain and a computer.

— Chris Prentiss

Even philosophers who did not mind psychology, claimed the brain was irrelevant because it was the hardware, and we only need to know about…

— Patricia Churchland

The computer age has arrived, and it influences everything: analysis, preparation, information. Now a different talent is required - the ability to synthesize ideas.

— Boris Spassky

But biology and computer science - life and computation - are related. I am confident that at their interface great discoveries await those who…

— Leonard Adleman

Computer science departments have always considered 'user interface' research to be sissy work.

— Nicholas Negroponte