Quote Of The Week

Quote of the Week 21 “ Research is the transformation of money into knowledge; innovation is the transformation of knowledge into money. ” ―  Geoffrey Nicholson Triggered by a discussion on LinkedIn. Generated by X/Grok 3

Quote of the Week 47 " Words are invitations to learn abstract categories. " ― Lisa Feldman Barrett As stated in the " Surprising Truths about the Human Brain " episode (at 1h:15m) of The Psychology Podcast . Possibly paraphrasing " Words are invitations to learn about categories " by  Sandra Waxman   and  William Thompson.

Quote of the Week 35 " We can know more than we can tell. " ―  Michael Polanyi  ( Polanyi's paradox ) Triggered by a reference to the paradox in a recent presentation at ICML 2023 by Prof. Subbarao Kambhampati :  Avenging Polanyi's Revenge: Exploiting the Approximate Omniscience of LLMs in Planning without Deluding Yourself In the Process

Quote of the Week 21 " He who can go to the fountain does not go to the water jar. " ―  Leonardo da Vinci Cited in the biography " Leonardo da Vinci " by Walter Isaacson. Triggered by a recent vacation trip to Florence .

Quote of the Week 16 " Nukes don't make stronger nukes. But AI makes stronger AI. " ― Aza Raskin  (The A.I. Dilemma)  Triggered by the use of the quote in the thought-provoking (and controversial) talk " The A.I. Dilemma " by  Aza Raskin and Tristan Harris : BTW, I was not able to find another reference of the Yuval Harari quote they used in the presentation. [ LinkedIn ]

Quote of the Week 7 " The valuable attributes of research men are conscious ignorance and active curiosity . " ―  Willis R. Whitney   Triggered by the use of another Whitney quote in the context of the search for a new coach by TSV 1860 München : "Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do something, when all they need is one reason why they can." [ LinkedIn ]