Quotes by Vannevar Bush

Vannevar Bush

A belief may be larger than a fact.

Belief

Facts

May

A belief may be larger than a fact. A faith that is overdefined is the very faith most likely to prove inadequate to the great moments of life.

Belief

Facts

May

A record, if it is to be useful to science, must be continuously extended, it must be stored, and above all it must be consulted.

Ifs

Records

As long as scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practical problems.

Flow

Long

May

Associative indexing, the basic idea of which is a provision whereby any item may be caused at will to select immediately and automatically another. This is the essential feature of the Memex. The process of tying two items together is the important thing.

Ideas

Important

Two

Basic scientific research is scientific capital.

Accounts

Research

Science

Consider a future device for individual use, which is a sort of mechanized private file and library. It needs a name, and, to coin one at random, “memex” will do. A memex is a device in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, and which is mechanized so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility. It is an enlarged intimate supplement to his memory.

Book

Communication

Memories

Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.

Courage

Fear

Panic

Give these people money, let them play, and they’ll come up with something.

Giving

People

Play

I say, technically, I don’t think anyone in the world knows how to do such a thing. and I feel confident it will not be done for a very long period to come. I think we can leave that out of our thinking. I wish the American public would leave that out of their thinking.

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Wish

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Complicated

Courage

Curiosity

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Disease

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Essence

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Fear

Flow

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Giving

Hounds

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Important

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Land

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Quotes by Vannevar Bush

Vannevar Bush

A belief may be larger than a fact.

A belief may be larger than a fact. A faith that is overdefined is the very faith most likely to prove inadequate to the great moments of life.

A record, if it is to be useful to science, must be continuously extended, it must be stored, and above all it must be consulted.

As long as scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practical problems.

Associative indexing, the basic idea of which is a provision whereby any item may be caused at will to select immediately and automatically another. This is the essential feature of the Memex. The process of tying two items together is the important thing.

Basic scientific research is scientific capital.

Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.

Give these people money, let them play, and they’ll come up with something.

I say, technically, I don’t think anyone in the world knows how to do such a thing. and I feel confident it will not be done for a very long period to come. I think we can leave that out of our thinking. I wish the American public would leave that out of their thinking.

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