Quote Of The Week

Quote of the Week 52 " Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt. " ―  Maurice Switzer (sometimes misattributed to Abraham Lincoln or Mark Twain) Triggered by Dan Rather's use of a variation of the quote in a tweet : “Better to be thought a fool than to buy Twitter and remove all doubt.” I remember the old saying, “Better to be thought a fool than to buy Twitter and remove all doubt.” — Dan Rather (@DanRather) November 18, 2022 [ LinkedIn ]

Quote of the Week 51 "B e conservative in what you send, be liberal in what you accept . " ― Jon Postel (Postel's Law) Triggered by the reference to Postel's law in a presentation on " API Definition and Test with Consumer Driven Contracts (CDC) " by Werner Eberling last week. A variation of the Robustness Principle : "Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others." See also: "Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself." — Marcus Aurelius — Daily Stoic (@dailystoic) December 15, 2022 [ LinkedIn ]

Quote of the Week 50 " What I had not realized is that extremely short exposures to a relatively simple computer program could induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people . " ―  Josef Weizenbaum Triggered by the use of the quote in yesterday's tweet by Gary Marcus to comment on the recent ChatGPT euphoria: “What I had not realized is that extremely short exposures to a relatively simple computer program could induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people.” Josef Weizenbaum, creator of ELIZA h/t @Kobotic — Gary Marcus (@GaryMarcus) December 11, 2022 The LinkedIn post by Dr. Kobi Leins refers to the ELIZA Effect  which in turn references Weizenbaum's book " Computer Power and Human Reason " that contains the quote. [ LinkedIn ] 

Quote of the Week 49 " A user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it’s not that good . " ― Martin LeBlanc Triggered by the use of an app that should remain unnamed: A user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it’s not that good. — Martin LeBlanc (@martinleblanc) May 14, 2014 [ LinkedIn ]