Linux Science

If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of
arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical
world.  One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by
the use of the mathematics of probability.
                -- Vannevar Bush

If the aborigine drafted an IQ test, all of Western civilization would
presumably flunk it.
                -- Stanley Garn

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
                -- Albert Einstein

If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it,
we would be so simple we couldn't.

If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make
something out of you.
                -- Muhammad Ali

"If value corrupts then absolute value corrupts absolutely."

If you analyse anything, you destroy it.
                -- Arthur Miller

If you are smart enough to know that you're not smart enough to be an
Engineer, then you're in Business.

If you can't understand it, it is intuitively obvious.

If you haven't enjoyed the material in the last few lectures then a career
in chartered accountancy beckons.
                -- Advice from the lecturer in the middle of the Stochastic
                   Systems course.