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If we understood something just one way, we would not understand it at all.

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Marvin Minsky
Age: 88 †
Born: 1927
Born: August 9
Died: 2016
Died: January 24
Artificial Intelligence Researcher
Computer Scientist
Mathematician
Scientist
University Teacher
New York City
New York
Marvin Lee Minsky
Marvin L. Minsky
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It would be as useless to perceive how things 'actually look' as it would be to watch the random dots on untuned television screens.
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