Quote by Donald Knuth
Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer

Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do. – Donald Knuth

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People think that computer science is the art of geniuses but the actual reality is the opposite, just many people doing things that build on eachother, like a wall of mini stones. – Donald Knuth

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Science
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People who are more than casually interested in computers should have at least some idea of what the underlying hardware is like. Otherwise the programs they write will be pretty weird. – Donald Knuth

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Computers
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I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making use of ones contributions to computer science. – Donald Knuth

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And by the way, I wanted to point out that Kindred is not science fiction. Youll note theres no science in it. Its a kind of grim fantasy. – Octavia Butler

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The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But Ive had to learn a little bit about it. Its not rocket science: You get ratings, thats good. – Al Franken

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Well, logos is science or reason, something that helps us to function practically and effectively in the world, and it must therefore be closely in tune and reflect accurately the realities of the world around us. – Karen Armstrong

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I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads. – George Santayana

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Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent. I therefore show you only the best works; and when you are grounded in these, you will have a standard for the rest, which you will know how to value, without overrating them. – Johann von Goethe

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