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Herbert Simon quotes: One of the first rules of science is if somebody delivers a secret weapon to you, you better use it.

One of the first rules of science is if somebody delivers a secret weapon to you, you better use it.

Herbert Simon quotes: Innovation has a lot to do with your ability to recognise surprising and unusual phenomena.

Innovation has a lot to do with your ability to recognise surprising and unusual phenomena.

Herbert Simon quotes: Maybe we ought to have a world in which things are divided between people kind of fairly.

Maybe we ought to have a world in which things are divided between people kind of fairly.

Herbert Simon quotes: No one has characterized market mechanisms better than Friedrich von Hayek.

No one has characterized market mechanisms better than Friedrich von Hayek.

Herbert Simon quotes: By 1985, machines will be capable of doing any work Man can do.

By 1985, machines will be capable of doing any work Man can do.

Herbert Simon quotes: Learning is any change in a system that produces a more or less permanent change in its capacity for adapting to its environment.

Learning is any change in a system that produces a more or less permanent change in its capacity for adapting to its environment.

Herbert Simon quotes: The world is vast, beautiful, and fascinating ... even awe-inspiring, but impersonal. It demands nothing of me, and allows me to demand nothing of it.

The world is vast, beautiful, and fascinating ... even awe-inspiring, but impersonal. It demands nothing of me, and allows me to demand nothing of it.

Herbert Simon quotes: The proper study of mankind is the science of design.

The proper study of mankind is the science of design.

Herbert Simon quotes: Enlightenments, like accidents, happen only to prepared minds.

Enlightenments, like accidents, happen only to prepared minds.

Herbert Simon quotes: Human beings know a lot of things, some of which are true, and apply them. When we like the results, we call it wisdom.

Human beings know a lot of things, some of which are true, and apply them. When we like the results, we call it wisdom.

Herbert Simon quotes: Forget about Nobel prizes; they aren't really very important.

Forget about Nobel prizes; they aren't really very important.

Herbert Simon quotes: All correct reasoning is a grand system of tautologies, but only God can make direct use of that fact.

All correct reasoning is a grand system of tautologies, but only God can make direct use of that fact.

Herbert Simon quotes: Mathematics is a language. We want scientists to be able to read it, speak it, and write it. But we are are not training them to be grammarians.

Mathematics is a language. We want scientists to be able to read it, speak it, and write it. But we are are not training them to be grammarians.

Herbert Simon quotes: I don't care how big and fast computers are, they're not as big and fast as the world.

I don't care how big and fast computers are, they're not as big and fast as the world.

Herbert Simon quotes: Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational.

Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational.

Herbert Simon quotes: Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones.

Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones.

Herbert Simon quotes: Solving a problem simply means representing it so as to make the solution transparent.

Solving a problem simply means representing it so as to make the solution transparent.

Herbert Simon quotes: In the computer field, the moment of truth is a running program; all else is prophecy.

In the computer field, the moment of truth is a running program; all else is prophecy.

Herbert Simon quotes: One finds limits by pushing them.

One finds limits by pushing them.