尼尔·格申菲尔德

“The whole canon of computer science is based on this fiction that bits aren't constrained by atoms.”

整个计算机科学的圣典都建立在‘比特不受原子约束’这一虚构之上。

“There's no distinction between the head and the tape between the computer and the computation, it is all computation.”

‘读写头’与‘磁带’、计算机与计算之间没有区别，一切都是计算。

“The magic is in the control. Not in the ineffable details in how the wood wiggles.”

魔法在于控制，而不在于木头如何神秘地振动那些难以言喻的细节。

“A child playing with Lego... the tower made by a child is more accurate than their motor control.”

一个玩乐高的孩子……他们搭的塔比他们自身的运动控制更精确。

“My lab was working with the aerospace industry... we set the world record for the highest modulus ultra light material. Just by in effect making carbon fiber Lego.”

我的实验室曾与航空航天业合作……我们通过实际上制造‘碳纤维乐高’，创造了最高模量超轻材料的世界纪录。