What did Jaron Lanier mean by: There is nothing more gray, stultifying, or dreary than life lived inside the confines of a theory. - Jaron Lanier Computer scientist Copy
+ External reality is sort of an affectation of the nervous system. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jaron Lanier, Nervous, Reality, 0 - Jaron Lanier Computer scientist
+ Our willingness to suffer for the sake of the perception of freedom is remarkable. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jaron Lanier, Perception, Sake, Suffering, 0 - Jaron Lanier Computer scientist
+ To me, to say that war isn’t evil is to say that nothing is evil. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jaron Lanier, Evil, War, 0 - Jaron Lanier Computer scientist
+ I think seeking perfection in human affairs is a perfect way to destroy them. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jaron Lanier, Perfect, 0 - Jaron Lanier Computer scientist
+ After my mother’s death, I had such difficulty relating to people. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 18, 2024, Jaron Lanier, Difficulty, Mother, 0 - Jaron Lanier Computer scientist
+ A real friendship ought to introduce each person to unexpected weirdness in the other. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jaron Lanier, Unexpected, 0 - Jaron Lanier Computer scientist
+ I think most of the dramatic new ideas come from little companies that then grow big. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024January 18, 2024, Jaron Lanier, Ideas, 0 - Jaron Lanier Computer scientist
+ Mobs and dictators were made for each other, and when mobs appear, dictators will soon flourish. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jaron Lanier, Dictator, 0 - Jaron Lanier Computer scientist
Nothing can be more idle than the opposition of theory to practice! - Jean-Baptiste Say Economist · France
The theory of interest was wrapped in utter obscurity, until Hume and Smith dispelled the vapor. - Jean-Baptiste Say Economist · France
For the most part, quantum theory has been of little practical value in my life. - Jenny Diski Writer · England
Theory must mediate between all previous truths and certain new experiences - William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
I was an English major, so I love discussing possibilities and alternate theories. - William Mapother
The ground of science was littered with the corpses of dead unified theories. - Freeman Dyson Physicist · United Kingdom
Time consecrates; and what is gray with age becomes religion. - Friedrich Schiller Playwright · Germany
