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"A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel." »Heywood Broun
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"Had malice not become a trusted friend to humankind, I should have applauded all technical endeavours." »Lot Chakonza
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"Concern for man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavor. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations." »Albert Einstein
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"After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest sceintists are always artists as well." »Albert Einstein
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"The bigger the real-life problems, the greater the tendency for the discipline to retreat into a reassuring fantasy-land of abstract theory and technical manipulation." »Tom Naylor
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"At the present rate of progress, it is almost impossible to imagine any technical feat that cannot be achieved - if it can be achieved at all - within the next few hundred years." »Arthur C. Clarke, 1983
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"technical skill is mastery of complexity, while creativity is mastery of simplicity." »Christopher Zeeman
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"Concern for man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors, concern for the great unsolved problems of the organization of labor and the distribution of goods--in order that the creations of our mind shall be a blessing and not a curse to mankind. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations." »Albert Einstein
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"If we slide into one of those rare moments of military honesty, we realize that the technical demands of modern warfare are so complex a considerable percentage of our material is bound to malfunction even before it is deployed against a foe. We no longer waste manpower by carrying the flag into battle. Instead we need battalions of electronic engineers to keep the terrible machinery grinding." »Ernest K. Gann, The Black Watch
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