Zuse quotes

[Roger Ivie]

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Jules Richardson wrote:
> 
> Tom Uban wrote:
>> I was talking with a German friend recently and the discussion turned
>> to Zuse, which led me to check the wikipedia, where I found a couple of
>> interesting quotes:
>>
>>     * "The belief in a certain idea gives to the researcher the support
>> for his work. Without this belief he would be lost in a sea of doubts
>> and insufficiently verified proofs."
>
> That's interesting. These days it's (depressingly) more like: "The belief in 
> the ability to sell a certain idea...". Whether the idea's actually any good 
> or not is beside the point, so long as someone can get rich off it :-(

The quote is talking about support more in terms of knowing what you're
doing and where you're heading rather than money.
-- 
roger ivie
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