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John Von Neumann quotes: I would like to make a confession which may seem immoral: I do not believe in Hilbert space anymore.

I would like to make a confession which may seem immoral: I do not believe in Hilbert space anymore.

John Von Neumann quotes: Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.

Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.

John Von Neumann quotes: If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.

If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.

John Von Neumann quotes: There probably is a God. Many things are easier to explain if there is than if there isn't.

There probably is a God. Many things are easier to explain if there is than if there isn't.

John Von Neumann quotes: Technological possibilities are irresistible to man. If man can go to the moon, he will. If he can control the climate, he will.

Technological possibilities are irresistible to man. If man can go to the moon, he will. If he can control the climate, he will.

John Von Neumann quotes: All stable processes we shall predict. All unstable processes we shall control.

All stable processes we shall predict. All unstable processes we shall control.

John Von Neumann quotes: Truth is much too complicated to allow anything but approximations.

Truth is much too complicated to allow anything but approximations.

John Von Neumann quotes: There is no point in being precise if you do not even know what you are talking about.

There is no point in being precise if you do not even know what you are talking about.

John Von Neumann quotes: Computers are like humans - they do everything except think.

Computers are like humans - they do everything except think.

John Von Neumann quotes: Life is a process which may be abstracted from other media.

Life is a process which may be abstracted from other media.

John Von Neumann quotes: I am thinking about something much more important than bombs. I am thinking about computers.

I am thinking about something much more important than bombs. I am thinking about computers.

John Von Neumann quotes: Problems are often stated in vague terms ... because it is quite uncertain what the problems really are.

Problems are often stated in vague terms ... because it is quite uncertain what the problems really are.

John Von Neumann quotes: Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.

Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.

John Von Neumann quotes: You don't have to be responsible for the world that you're in.

You don't have to be responsible for the world that you're in.

John Von Neumann quotes: When we talk mathematics, we may be discussing a secondary language built on the primary language of the nervous system.

When we talk mathematics, we may be discussing a secondary language built on the primary language of the nervous system.

John Von Neumann quotes: You wake me up early in the morning to tell me I am right? Please wait until I am wrong.

You wake me up early in the morning to tell me I am right? Please wait until I am wrong.

John Von Neumann quotes: There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about

There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about

John Von Neumann quotes: Young man, in mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.

Young man, in mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.