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Calculation Quotes

Once again, my colleague Stephen Hawking has upset the apple cart. The event horizon surrounding a black hole was once though to be an imaginary sphere. But recent theories indicate that it may actually be physical, maybe even a sphere of fire. But I don’t trust any of these calculations until we have a full-blown string theory calculation, since Einstein’s theory by itself is incomplete Picture Quote #1

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) own computer model easily shows that President Obama’s proposed regulations would reduce global warming by around 0.02 of a degree Celsius by the year 2100. Actually, the true number is probably even smaller because that calculation assumes a future rate of warming - there hasn’t been any for 17 years now - quite a bit higher than it is likely to be Picture Quote #1

What economic calculation requires is a monetary system whose functioning is not sabotaged by government interference Picture Quote #1

The art of drawing conclusions from experiments and observations consists in evaluating probabilities and in estimating whether they are sufficiently great or numerous enough to constitute proofs. This kind of calculation is more complicated and more difficult than it is commonly thought to be. . . Picture Quote #1

Our inner weighing of evidence is not a careful mathematical calculation resulting in a probabilistic estimate of truth, but more like a whirlpool blending of the objective and the personal. The result is a set of beliefs - both conscious and unconscious - that guide us in interpreting all the events of our lives Picture Quote #1

Deng Xiaoping made a calculation. He bet on demographics. What he knew was that China had this enormous population of young, underemployed people, people who he could move from the farms to the coast and put them to work in factories, and that would be the lifeblood of China’s economy Picture Quote #1

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A 99% Value-at-Risk calculation does not evaluate what happens in the last one percent... This is like an airbag that works all the time, except when you have a car accident Picture Quote #1

Art forms that appeal to [leftists] tend to focus on ... defeat and despair ... as if there were no hope of accomplishing anything through rational calculation Picture Quote #1

In the end the question is: Who is to be master, man or his machines? As long as the control over technology rests primarily on economic calculation, the victor is not likely to be man Picture Quote #1

In any crass political calculation, drilling for oil will always win more votes than putting a price on carbon. But if I recall what I was taught in fifth-grade American government class, we elect presidents to do more than crass political calculations Picture Quote #1

Klout and various measurements of influence are fun. I love to see where I score on them, but there’s a computer algorithm behind the calculation. If there’s an algorithm, it can be gamed. Even if it’s not gameable, you have to take a leap of faith that the number of followers, retweets, mentions, whatever really mean something Picture Quote #1

The circumstances of human society are too complicated to be submitted to the rigor of mathematical calculation Picture Quote #1

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What economic calculation requires is a monetary system whose functioning is not sabotaged by government interference Picture Quote #1

One essential object is to choose that arrangement which shall tend to reduce to a minimum the time necessary for completing the calculation Picture Quote #1

Seems like people could behave themselves without making a calculation regarding how likely or unlikely they are to kill other people Picture Quote #1

I am sure that in estimating every man’s value either in private or public life, a pure integrity is the quality we take first into calculation, and that learning and talents are only the second Picture Quote #1

Calculation is of the head; impulse is of the heart; and both are good in their way Picture Quote #1

The abundance of our definitive words about God shows that we don’t view him as a great mystery anymore, but as a sterile calculation without ambiguity or obscurity Picture Quote #1

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Small businesses have made the call that to stay alive, health care isn’t something they can provide. I think it’s a tragic calculation Picture Quote #1

I love you because I love you, because it would be impossible not to love you. I love you without question, without calculation, without reason good or bad, faithfully, with all my heart and soul, and every faculty Picture Quote #1

Calculating people are contemptable. The reason for this is that calculation deals with loss and gain, and the loss and gain mind never stops. Death is considered loss and life is considered gain. Thus, death is something that such a person does not care for, and he is contemptable. Furthermore, scholars and their like are men who with wit and speech hide their own true cowardice and greed. People often misjudge this Picture Quote #1

First, inevitably, the idea, the fantasy, the fairy tale. Then, scientific calculation. Ultimately, fulfillment crowns the dream Picture Quote #1

There is a race between the increasing complexity of the systems we build and our ability to develop intellectual tools for understanding their complexity. If the race is won by our tools, then systems will eventually become easier to use and more reliable. If not, they will continue to become harder to use and less reliable for all but a relatively small set of common tasks. Given how hard thinking is, if those intellectual tools are to succeed, they will have to substitute calculation for thought Picture Quote #1

I emphasize that virtually every engineering calculation is ultimately a failure calculation, because without a failure criterion against which to measure the calculated result, it is a meaningless number Picture Quote #1

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Indeed, there is something to be said for the old math when taught by a poorly trained teacher. He can, at least, get across the fundamental rules of calculation without too much confusion. The same teacher trying to teach new math is apt to get across nothing at all Picture Quote #1

I cannot bear to think that our young men are merely living four years in a country club and spending their lives wholly in a spirit of calculation and snobbishness Picture Quote #1

Mathematics, in the common lay view, is a static discipline based on formulas... But outside the public view, mathematics continues to grow at a rapid rate... the guid to this growth is not calculation and formulas, but an open ended search for pattern Picture Quote #1

More than sixty years ago, mathematical logicians, by defining precisely the concept of an algorithm, gave content to the ancient human idea of an effective calculation. Their definitions led to the creation of the digital computer, an interesting example of thought bending matter to its ends Picture Quote #1

It is unworthy of excellent men to lose hours like slaves in the labor of calculation which could be relegated to anyone else if machines were used Picture Quote #1

We had stretched out our arms to each other and supported something in our joined hands, but this thing we were holding was like a sort of gas that exists when you believe in its existence and disappears when you doubt. The task of supporting it seems simple at first glance, but actually requires an ultimate refinement of calculation and a consummate skill Picture Quote #1

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Once again, my colleague Stephen Hawking has upset the apple cart. The event horizon surrounding a black hole was once though to be an imaginary sphere. But recent theories indicate that it may actually be physical, maybe even a sphere of fire. But I don’t trust any of these calculations until we have a full-blown string theory calculation, since Einstein’s theory by itself is incomplete. (Calculation Quotes) The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) own computer model easily shows that President Obama’s proposed regulations would reduce global warming by around 0.02 of a degree Celsius by the year 2100. Actually, the true number is probably even smaller because that calculation assumes a future rate of warming - there hasn’t been any for 17 years now - quite a bit higher than it is likely to be. (Calculation Quotes) What economic calculation requires is a monetary system whose functioning is not sabotaged by government interference. (Calculation Quotes) The art of drawing conclusions from experiments and observations consists in evaluating probabilities and in estimating whether they are sufficiently great or numerous enough to constitute proofs. This kind of calculation is more complicated and more difficult than it is commonly thought to be. . . . (Calculation Quotes) Our inner weighing of evidence is not a careful mathematical calculation resulting in a probabilistic estimate of truth, but more like a whirlpool blending of the objective and the personal. The result is a set of beliefs - both conscious and unconscious - that guide us in interpreting all the events of our lives. (Calculation Quotes) Deng Xiaoping made a calculation. He bet on demographics. What he knew was that China had this enormous population of young, underemployed people, people who he could move from the farms to the coast and put them to work in factories, and that would be the lifeblood of China’s economy. (Calculation Quotes) A 99% Value-at-Risk calculation does not evaluate what happens in the last one percent... This is like an airbag that works all the time, except when you have a car accident. (Calculation Quotes) Art forms that appeal to [leftists] tend to focus on ... defeat and despair ... as if there were no hope of accomplishing anything through rational calculation. (Calculation Quotes) In the end the question is: Who is to be master, man or his machines? As long as the control over technology rests primarily on economic calculation, the victor is not likely to be man (Calculation Quotes) In any crass political calculation, drilling for oil will always win more votes than putting a price on carbon. But if I recall what I was taught in fifth-grade American government class, we elect presidents to do more than crass political calculations. (Calculation Quotes) Klout and various measurements of influence are fun. I love to see where I score on them, but there’s a computer algorithm behind the calculation. If there’s an algorithm, it can be gamed. Even if it’s not gameable, you have to take a leap of faith that the number of followers, retweets, mentions, whatever really mean something (Calculation Quotes) The circumstances of human society are too complicated to be submitted to the rigor of mathematical calculation (Calculation Quotes) What economic calculation requires is a monetary system whose functioning is not sabotaged by government interference (Calculation Quotes) One essential object is to choose that arrangement which shall tend to reduce to a minimum the time necessary for completing the calculation (Calculation Quotes) Seems like people could behave themselves without making a calculation regarding how likely or unlikely they are to kill other people (Calculation Quotes) I am sure that in estimating every man’s value either in private or public life, a pure integrity is the quality we take first into calculation, and that learning and talents are only the second (Calculation Quotes) Calculation is of the head; impulse is of the heart; and both are good in their way (Calculation Quotes) The abundance of our definitive words about God shows that we don’t view him as a great mystery anymore, but as a sterile calculation without ambiguity or obscurity (Calculation Quotes) Small businesses have made the call that to stay alive, health care isn’t something they can provide. I think it’s a tragic calculation (Calculation Quotes) I love you because I love you, because it would be impossible not to love you. I love you without question, without calculation, without reason good or bad, faithfully, with all my heart and soul, and every faculty (Calculation Quotes) Calculating people are contemptable. The reason for this is that calculation deals with loss and gain, and the loss and gain mind never stops. Death is considered loss and life is considered gain. Thus, death is something that such a person does not care for, and he is contemptable. Furthermore, scholars and their like are men who with wit and speech hide their own true cowardice and greed. People often misjudge this (Calculation Quotes) First, inevitably, the idea, the fantasy, the fairy tale. Then, scientific calculation. Ultimately, fulfillment crowns the dream (Calculation Quotes) There is a race between the increasing complexity of the systems we build and our ability to develop intellectual tools for understanding their complexity. If the race is won by our tools, then systems will eventually become easier to use and more reliable. If not, they will continue to become harder to use and less reliable for all but a relatively small set of common tasks. Given how hard thinking is, if those intellectual tools are to succeed, they will have to substitute calculation for thought (Calculation Quotes) I emphasize that virtually every engineering calculation is ultimately a failure calculation, because without a failure criterion against which to measure the calculated result, it is a meaningless number (Calculation Quotes) Indeed, there is something to be said for the old math when taught by a poorly trained teacher. He can, at least, get across the fundamental rules of calculation without too much confusion. The same teacher trying to teach new math is apt to get across nothing at all (Calculation Quotes) I cannot bear to think that our young men are merely living four years in a country club and spending their lives wholly in a spirit of calculation and snobbishness (Calculation Quotes) Mathematics, in the common lay view, is a static discipline based on formulas... But outside the public view, mathematics continues to grow at a rapid rate... the guid to this growth is not calculation and formulas, but an open ended search for pattern (Calculation Quotes) More than sixty years ago, mathematical logicians, by defining precisely the concept of an algorithm, gave content to the ancient human idea of an effective calculation. Their definitions led to the creation of the digital computer, an interesting example of thought bending matter to its ends (Calculation Quotes) It is unworthy of excellent men to lose hours like slaves in the labor of calculation which could be relegated to anyone else if machines were used (Calculation Quotes) We had stretched out our arms to each other and supported something in our joined hands, but this thing we were holding was like a sort of gas that exists when you believe in its existence and disappears when you doubt. The task of supporting it seems simple at first glance, but actually requires an ultimate refinement of calculation and a consummate skill (Calculation Quotes)

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