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Edmund Berkeley
(2 1909 - 7 Mar 1988)
American computer scientist who wrote the first book to popularize computers, Giant Brains, Or Machines That Think (1949).
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Science Quotes by Edmund Berkeley (1 quote)
There is no substitute for honest, thorough, scientific effort to get correct data (no matter how much of it clashes with preconceived ideas). There is no substitute for actually reaching a correct claim of reasoning. Poor data and good reasoning give poor results. Good data and poor reasoning give poor results. Poor data and poor reasoning give rotten results.
— Edmund Berkeley
In 'Right Answers—A Short Guide for Obtaining Them,' Computers and Automation, September 1969.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
