The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. — Stephen Hawking In the early hours of Wednesday morning, one of the greatest thinkers of our time passed away. Astrophysicist, philosopher, and philanthropist, Stephen Hawking made a significant impression on this world with his insight into the mechanics of the…
We’re fascinated with robots because they are reflections of ourselves. — Ken Goldberg If you watch The Terminator, robots aren’t really that great to humans—unless being besties in the future entails enslavement and eradication. Indeed, most movies with “sentient” robots paint them somewhat malevolently (e.g., The Matrix; I, Robot; all of the other Terminator movies). In our own…
Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. ~Kurt Vonnegut They say that you should laugh for at least 12 seconds every day. Even if nothing funny’s happened. Even if you’re just sitting in your car, by yourself, in…