14 Dec
2006
14 Dec
'06
7:38 a.m.
Tom Uban wrote:
I was talking with a German friend recently and the
discussion turned
to Zuse, which led me to check the wikipedia, where I found a couple of
interesting quotes:
* "The belief in a certain idea gives to the researcher the support
for his work. Without this belief he would be lost in a sea of doubts
and insufficiently verified proofs."
That's interesting. These days it's (depressingly) more like: "The belief in
the ability to sell a certain idea...". Whether the idea's actually any good
or not is beside the point, so long as someone can get rich off it :-(