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25 quotes by Rudy Rucker

Rudy Rucker Rudy Rucker, Fall 2004, photo by Georgia Rucker Born Rudolf von Bitter Rucker (1946-03-22) March 22, 1946 (age 68) Louisville, Kentucky Nationality American Alma mater St. Xavier High School, Swarthmore College, Rutgers University Occupation Author Known for Ware Tetralogy Relatives G.W.F. Hegel Website Rudy Rucker Rudolf von Bitter Rucker (born March 22, 1946) is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science...
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If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer science can tell us about the kinds of natural phenomena... →

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Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with them before you can turn them into funky science fiction.

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Lately I've been working to convince myself that everything is a computation.

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It's soothing to realize that my mind's processes are inherently uncontrollable.

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One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out thought experiments.

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A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules.

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Unfortunately our nation, nay, our world, is run by evil morons.

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If you think of your life as a kind of computation, it's quite abundantly clear that there's not going to be a final answer and there... →

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If all else fails, there's always print or web zines.

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But how does it feel to plug into a system that's say, a million times as smart as a person.

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I think dry nanotechnology is probably a dead-end.

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Traditional science is all about finding shortcuts.

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All living things are gnarly, in that they inevitably do things that are much more complex than one might have expected.

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