Freeman Dyson
Freeman Dyson
Freeman John Dyson FRSis an English-born American theoretical physicist and mathematician, known for his work in quantum electrodynamics, solid-state physics, astronomy and nuclear engineering. He is professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, a Visitor of Ralston College, and a member of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists...
Freeman Dyson quotes about
brain kind computer
The brain, being analog, is able to grasp images so much better. The brain is just designed for comparing images and some patterns - patterns in space and patterns in time - which we do amazingly well. Computers can do it, too, but not in anything like the same kind of flexibility.
really-amazing
It's us that's really amazing.
mistake thinking big-mistake
I think it's a big mistake to decide too soon what you're going to do with your life.
mistake thinking mathematics
I think the biggest misconception is that everybody has to learn mathematics. That seems to be a complete mistake.
brain trying
We won't really understand the brain until we can make models of it which are analog rather than digital, which nobody seems to be trying very much.
technology simple medieval-europe
The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple.
technology gambling damnation
If we had a reliable way to label our toys good and bad, it would be easy to regulate technology wisely. But we can rarely see far enough ahead to know which road leads to damnation. Whoever concerns himself with big technology, either to push it forward or to stop it, is gambling in human lives.
technology needs generations
Lucky individuals in each generation find technology appropriate to their needs.
humor problem characteristics
It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment.
technology office racing
Many of the technologies that are now racing ahead most rapidly, replacing human workers in factories and offices with machines, making stockholders richer and workers poorer, are indeed tending to accentuate the existing inequalities in the distribution of wealth.
mistake engineering forgiving
Aviation is the branch of engineering that is least forgiving of mistakes.
technology people problem
The technologies that raise the fewest ethical problems are those that work on a human scale, brightening the lives of individual people.
technology government needs
What the world needs is a small, compact, flexible fusion technology that could make electricity where and when it is needed. The existing fusion program is leading to a huge source of centralized power, at a price that nobody except a government can afford.
technology toys ethics
Technology must be guided and driven by ethics if it is to do more than provide new toys for the rich.