#analogy

Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly some of the same external tasks as conscious beings will be recognized as a gigantic waste of time. ↗

— Thomas Nagel

#attempts #beings #believe #computers #conscious

Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes ↗

— Edsger Wybe DIJKSTRA

#computers #science

As smoking is to the lungs, so is resentment to the soul; even one puff is bad for you. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#resentment #bad

Many people tend to look at programming styles and languages like religions: if you belong to one, you cannot belong to others. But this analogy is another fallacy. ↗

— Niklaus Wirth

#another #belong #cannot #fallacy #languages

I take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the analogy is first of all between the external and the internal. ↗

— A. R. Ammons

#between #external #first #first of all #i

One good analogy is worth three hours discussion. ↗

— Dudley Field Malone

#discussion #good #hours #three #worth

By analogy, if we were to develop a soccer team, then we would not invite basketball and volleyball players to the try outs. We would invite soccer players to apply. ↗

— Jean-Marie Le Pen

#apply #basketball #develop #invite #outs

The mathematical facts worthy of being studied are those which, by their analogy with other facts, are capable of leading us to the knowledge of a physical law. ↗

— Henri Poincare

#being #capable #facts #knowledge #law

The principle of equity first came into evidence in Roman jurisprudence and was derived by analogy from the physical meaning of the word. ↗

— Herbert Read

#came #derived #equity #evidence #first

She stared down into her coffee, as if she had more to say, but the words had fallen into the mug and were now too soggy to use. ↗

— Rachel Vincent

#funny #funny