Chance and Pasteur

“Dans les champs de l’observation le hasard ne favorise que les esprits préparés.” (In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.)
~ Louis Pasteur
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Popularity: 8% [?]

Babbage Babble

On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament!], ‘Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?’ I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question
~Attributed to Charles Babbage
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Popularity: 6% [?]

Bill Gates Predicts Web 2.0 in 1994

… and fails to capitalize on it!
“Say you want to watch a movie. To choose, you’ll want to know what movies others liked and, based on what you thought of other movies you’ve seen, if this is a movie you’d like. You’ll be able to browse that information. Then you select and [...]

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