“If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn’t.”
                                -- Emerson Pugh, 1938, in an assessment of brain research.

Infinite space, Infinite meaning, Infinite dimension

" Ordinary life does not interest me. I seek only the high moments. I am in accord with the surrealists, searching for the marvelous. I want to be a writer who reminds others that these moments exist; I want to prove that there is infinite space, infinite meaning, infinite dimension. But I am not always in what I call a state of grace. I have days of illuminations and fevers. I have days when the music in my head stops. Then I mend socks, prune trees, can fruits, polish furniture. But while I am doing this I feel I am not living."   -- Anais Nin (1903-1977), Writer

“But in a purely data-driven approach, I can’t explain my decisions. People are so enamored with the data-driven approach that they believe correlation is sufficient.”
     --- Dr. David Ferrucci, I.B.M. researcher who led the development of Watson, an artificial intelligence engine.