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Gerald M. Weinberg
(27 Oct 1933 - )
American computer scientist and writer who has authored or co-authored several hundred articles and more than 30 books, including The Psychology of Computer Programming and Introduction to General Systems Thinking.
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Science Quotes by Gerald M. Weinberg (2 quotes)
The average scientist is good for at most one revolution. Even if he has the power to make one change in his category system and carry others along, success will make him a recognized leader, with little to gain from another revolution.
— Gerald M. Weinberg
In An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (1975).
The Fundamental Regulator Paradox … The task of a regulator is to eliminate variation, but this variation is the ultimate source of information about the quality of its work. Therefore, the better the job a regulator does the less information it gets about how to improve.
— Gerald M. Weinberg
In Gerald M. Weinberg and Daniela Weinberg, The Design of Stable Systems (1979), 250. As quoted in John R. Wilson, Evaluation of Human Work (2005), 220.
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) -- 
