Saturday, December 31, 2011

Quotes of the week

From Edward Teller:
Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible.

A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.
(attributed to Teller, but I'm not sure...)
In every foolproof system there is a fool.