"The brain is the only kind of object……" — David Deutsch
"The brain is the only kind of object capable of understanding that the cosmos is even there, or why there are infinitely many prime numbers, or that apples fall because of the curvature of space-time, or that obeying its own inborn instincts can be morally wrong, or that it itself exists."
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David Deutsch
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28 Quotes by David Deutsch
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The quantum theory of parallel universes is not the problem, it is the solution. It is not some troublesome, optional…
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Like every other destruction of optimism, whether in a whole civilisation or in a single individual, these must have been…
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The whole [scientific] process resembles biological evolution. A problem is like an ecological niche, and a theory is like a…
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Feeling insignificant because the universe is large has exactly the same logic as feeling inadequate for not being a cow.
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Base metals can be transmuted into gold by stars, and by intelligent beings who understand the processes that power stars,…
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Is the human race a universal constructor?
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It is possible to build a virtual-reality generator whose repertoire includes every possible environment.
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Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense.
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Humans may or may not have cosmic significance, and if they do, it will be by hitching a ride on…
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If you can’t program it, you haven’t understood it.
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Despite the unrivaled empirical success of quantum theory, the very suggestion that it may be literally true as a description…
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More Apples Quotes
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Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.
— Bernard Baruch
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The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was…
— Cyrano de Bergerac
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For an Apple is in it self a little Universe; the Seed, hotter than the other parts thereof, is its…
— Cyrano de Bergerac
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When I met Apple, I made it very clear that I am an old punk and I have never done…
— Bjork
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I think the only reason you visit an Apple store is because you wonder what life is like on another…
— Lewis Black
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I have to have lemon and honey. I have to have apple cider vinegar, Braggs. And I have to have…
— Mary J. Blige
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In 1980, Atari was bringing in around two billion dollars in revenue and Chuck E. Cheese's some five hundred million.…
— Nolan Bushnell
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Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole…
— Johnny Cash
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With an apple I will astonish Paris.
— Paul Cezanne
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Why not upset the apple cart? If you don't, the apples will rot anyway.
— Frank A. Clark
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Good teachers deserve apples; great teachers deserve chocolate. A favorite quotation, written in calligraphy on his office door.
— Richard Hamming
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It's like apples and oranges, you can't compare it. It was just a matter of playing anyone who was breathing.
— Red Barber
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