Quote Of The Week

Quote of the Week 39 " It is by  logic  that we prove , but by  intuition  that we discover.   To know how to criticize is good, to know how to create is better.“ ― Henri Poincaré Triggered by Jay McClelland ’ s use of the first part of the  quote in a recent podcast with Lex Fridman.

Quote of the Week 38 " When the moon reaches fullness, it begins to wane. " ― Sima Qian Triggered by Kai Strittmatter citing another Sima Qian quote in chapter "Das eiserne Haus" of his book " Die Neuerfindung der Diktatur -  Wie China den digitalen Überwachungsstaat aufbaut und uns damit herausfordert "  in German: "Besser als die Zustimmung der Menge:   die Widerrede eines einzigen mutigen Mannes!" Strittmatter's book for the US market: " We Have Been Harmonized - Life in China's Surveillance State "

Quote of the Week 37 " Man can embody truth but he cannot know it." ―  William Butler Yeats   Triggered by the use of the quote in the documentary " Being in the World - On the Subject of the  #Heideggerian  Dasein " which is referenced in the recent research paper " A brief history of AI: how to prevent another winter (a critical review) ".

Quote of the Week 36 " It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future. " ― Danish proverb See Quote Investigator for background information. German translation: "Prognosen sind schwierig, besonders wenn sie die Zukunft betreffen." Background information in German .