Matt Brockwell
@mjbrockwell
Matt Brockwell
ok here are some things I am writing #hello
"the question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim."
- edsger dijkstra
The job at the Federal Office for Intellectual Property – Einstein referred to it tongue-in-cheek as his "cobbler's trade" – turned out to be stroke of good fortune because it was excellently paid (CHF 3500 per year) and was undemanding for his nimble intelligence. He spoke of the Federal Office for Intellectual Property as "that worldly cloister w... See more
Einstein at the patent office - Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
A brief portrait of Einstein and the importance of the patent office job
Can you imagine a story where a man lies in wait to assassinate the five masters of the American Board of Ritual Magic even as they are plotting to kill him, confounds their ritual, bursts out of the trap-door to their wine cellar at the most theatrical possible moment, raises his staff made of a rare and exotic wood that grows only his far-off hom... See more
Chapter 8: Laughing To Scorn Thy Laws And Terrors
intriguing, feel like this is a whole world view here