What did Rudy Rucker mean by: I like a book better if I can’t predict what’s going to happen. - Rudy Rucker Mathematician and computer scientist · USA Copy
+ It’s soothing to realize that my mind’s processes are inherently uncontrollable. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rudy Rucker, Mind, Process, Realizing, 0 - Rudy Rucker Mathematician and computer scientist · USA
+ In any case, A New Kind of Science is a wonderful book, and I’m still absorbing its teachings. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rudy Rucker, Book, Rude, Teaching, 0 - Rudy Rucker Mathematician and computer scientist · USA
+ The world is magic. Science is but an insipid style of sorcery. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rudy Rucker, Magic, Sorcery, Style, 0 - Rudy Rucker Mathematician and computer scientist · USA
+ One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out thought experiments. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rudy Rucker, Fiction, Rude, 0 - Rudy Rucker Mathematician and computer scientist · USA
+ Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what happens. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rudy Rucker, Character, Rude, Work Out, 0 - Rudy Rucker Mathematician and computer scientist · USA
+ The churning of a human mind is unpredictable, as is the anatomy of the human heart. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rudy Rucker, Heart, Mind, Unpredictable, 0 - Rudy Rucker Mathematician and computer scientist · USA
+ Lately I’ve been working to convince myself that everything is a computation. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rudy Rucker, Convince, 0 - Rudy Rucker Mathematician and computer scientist · USA
+ A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rudy Rucker, Process, 0 - Rudy Rucker Mathematician and computer scientist · USA
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China
