Scott Aaronson Quotes

• If P=NP, then the world would be a profoundly different place than we usually assume it to be. There would be no special value in “creative leaps,” no fundamental gap between solving a problem and recognizing the solution once it's found. Everyone who could appreciate a symphony would be Mozart; everyone who could follow a step-by-step argument would be Gauss; everyone who could recognize a good investment strategy would be Warren Buffett.

  Scott Aaronson

  Symphony, Appreciate, Creative

  "Reasons to Believe". Personal blog post, www.scottaaronson.com. September 04, 2006.

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• If you always win, then you're probably doing something wrong.

  Scott Aaronson

  Winning, Ifs

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• Again and again, I've undergone the humbling experience of first
  lamenting how badly something sucks, then only much later having the
  crucial insight that its not sucking wouldn't have been a Nash
  equilibrium.

  Scott Aaronson

  Firsts, Humbling Experiences, Equilibrium

  "Malthusianisms". www.scottaaronson.com. August 15, 2009.

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• If poor people can vote, one of the main things they vote for is to redistribute money to themselves.

  Scott Aaronson

  People, Election, Vote

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• Quantum mechanics is confusing and consciousness is confusing, so maybe they're the same.

  Scott Aaronson

  Confusing, Consciousness, Mechanic

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