"In comparison, Google is brilliant because it uses……" — Michael Shermer
"In comparison, Google is brilliant because it uses an algorithm that ranks Web pages by the number of links to them, with those links themselves valued by the number of links to their page of origin."
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97 Quotes by Michael Shermer
Michael Shermer has 97 quotes on this site.
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The whole point of faith, in fact, is to believe regardless of the evidence, which is the very antithesis of…
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People believe in God because we are pattern-seeking, storytelling, mythmaking, religious, moral animals.
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Play hard, work hard, love hard. . . .The bottom line for me is to live life to the fullest…
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As Karl Marx once noted: 'Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice.…
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Science is a set of methods designed to describe and interpret observed or inferred phenomenon, past or present, and aimed…
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Remember always that we are pattern-seeking primates who are especially adept at finding patterns with emotional meaning.
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The concept of God is generated by a brain designed by evolution to find design in nature (a very recursive…
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Believing that the rustle in the grass is a dangerous predator when it is only the wind does not cost…
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Scientists like Bjorn Lomborg in The Skeptical Environmentalist have, in my opinion, properly nailed environmental extremists for these exaggerated scenarios.
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Because of the complexity of the problem, environmental skepticism was once tenable. No longer. It is time to flip from…
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Rationality tied to moral decency is the most powerful joint instrument for good that our planet has ever known.
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The actual atoms and molecules that make up my brain and body today are not the same ones that I…
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More Algorithm Quotes
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The development of an organism ... may be considered as the execution of a 'developmental program' present in the fertilized…
— Unknown Author
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The burgeoning field of computer science has shifted our view of the physical world from that of a collection of…
— Paul Davies
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If there was some sort of mathematical equation for beauty, I don’t know if I would be the algorithm. I’m not…
— Lady Gaga
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I'm not anti conceptual art. I don't think painting must be revived, exactly. Art reflects life, and our lives are…
— Jenny Saville
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Frankly, the reason I joined MENSA is because I was dating a guy at the time who spoke five languages…
— Ashley Rickards
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Once you succeed in writing the programs for [these] complicated algorithms, they usually run extremely fast. The computer doesn't need…
— Unknown Author
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Object-oriented programming aficionados think that everything is an object.... this [isn't] so. There are things that are objects. Things that…
— Alexander Stepanov
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Capablanca's phenomenal move-searching algorithm in those early years, when he possessed a wonderful ability for calculating variations very rapidly, made…
— Mikhail Botvinnik
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If you’re concerned about scalability, any algorithm that forces you to run agreement will eventually become your bottleneck. Take that…
— Werner Vogels
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There is no algorithm for creativity.
— Andy Hargreaves
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Heuristic is an algorithm in a clown suit. It’s less predictable, it’s more fun, and it comes without a 30-day,…
— Steve McConnell
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You cannot invent an algorithm that is as good at recommending books as a good bookseller.
— John Green
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