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I think that what the machines can do, of course, is wonderful, but it's not the same as what the brain can do.

Freeman Dyson

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Freeman Dyson
Age: 96 †
Born: 1923
Born: December 15
Died: 2020
Died: February 28
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Nuclear Physicist
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Theoretical Physicist
Crowthorne
Berkshire
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I'm prejudiced about education altogether. I think it's terribly overrated.
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