《三位科学家与他们的上帝》（Three Scientists and their Gods）：这本书预示了科技的意义与目的 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214570.Three_Scientists_... 科幻类：《三体》（The Three Body problem，https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20518872-the-three-body-...)……
Three Scientists and their Gods: This book foreshadows the meaning and purpose of science+tech https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214570.Three_Scientists_... Scifi: The Three Body problem (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20518872-the-three-body-...)…
我最初是在一本非常有意思的书《三位科学家与他们的上帝》（Three scientists and their Gods）里了解他的。我觉得关于他的那章摘录在《大西洋月刊》的这篇文章里：https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/88apr/wright.ht...
I first learnt about him from a very interesting book, "Three scientists and their Gods". I think the chapter about him is excerpted in this Atlantic piece: https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/88apr/wright.ht...
……两个选项看起来越相似，在它们之间做选择就可能越难——尽管从同等程度上说，这个选择其实越无关紧要。” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredkin%27s_paradox RIP。我很喜欢《三位科学家与他们的上帝》（Three Scientists and Their Gods），并在 2001 年有幸在 CMU 听过他的演讲。他又搞笑又有才华。
…two alternatives seem, the harder it can be to choose between them—no matter that, to the same degree, the choice can only matter less." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredkin%27s_paradox RIP. I loved Three Scientists and Their Gods and had the privilege of seeing him speak at CMU in 2001. He was hysterical and brilliant.
Hey, I'm not a particle physicist, but I've read a bunch of books by people who think the universe is a computer. (Three Scientists and Their Gods, A New Kind Of Science, and The Recursive Universe (this last is out of print and much better than Wolfram's newer but more turgid ANKOS.) I don't think the universe is a computer either, but I don't…
保罗·亚伯拉罕斯的回忆录：https://paulabrahams.substack.com/p/memories-of-ed-fredkin 在一条评论里，我提到了《三位科学家与他们的上帝》（Three Scientists and Their Gods）里的那篇人物特写（评论区里其他人也提到了），还有弗雷德金显然是一个流传甚广的关于机器学习过拟合（overfitting）轶事的源头：https://gwern.net/tank
Memories by Paul Abrahams: https://paulabrahams.substack.com/p/memories-of-ed-fredkin In a comment, I mentioned the Three Scientists and Their Gods profile (which someone else in the comments has also mentioned) and also that Fredkin was apparently the ultimate origin of a very widespread anecdote about overfitting in machine learning: https://gwern.net/tank
《三位科学家与他们的上帝》（Three Scientists and their Gods）：这本书预示了科技的意义与目的 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214570.Three_Scientists_... 科幻类：《三体》（The Three Body problem，https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20518872-the-three-body-...)……
Three Scientists and their Gods: This book foreshadows the meaning and purpose of science+tech https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214570.Three_Scientists_... Scifi: The Three Body problem (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20518872-the-three-body-...)…
《三位科学家与他们的上帝》（Three Scientists and their Gods）真是一本好书！自那以后，罗伯特·赖特（Robert Wright）的书几乎成了我的必买清单！
Three Scientists and their Gods is such a good book! Almost anything by Robert Wright has been a must buy for me ever since!
我最初是在一本非常有意思的书《三位科学家与他们的上帝》（Three scientists and their Gods）里了解他的。我觉得关于他的那章摘录在《大西洋月刊》的这篇文章里：https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/88apr/wright.ht...
I first learnt about him from a very interesting book, "Three scientists and their Gods". I think the chapter about him is excerpted in this Atlantic piece: https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/88apr/wright.ht...
……两个选项看起来越相似，在它们之间做选择就可能越难——尽管从同等程度上说，这个选择其实越无关紧要。” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredkin%27s_paradox RIP。我很喜欢《三位科学家与他们的上帝》（Three Scientists and Their Gods），并在 2001 年有幸在 CMU 听过他的演讲。他又搞笑又有才华。
…two alternatives seem, the harder it can be to choose between them—no matter that, to the same degree, the choice can only matter less." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredkin%27s_paradox RIP. I loved Three Scientists and Their Gods and had the privilege of seeing him speak at CMU in 2001. He was hysterical and brilliant.
嘿，我不是粒子物理学家，但我读过一堆认为宇宙是一台计算机的人写的书。（《三位科学家与他们的上帝》、《一种新科学》还有《递归宇宙》——最后一本已经绝版了，但比 Wolfram 那本更新却更晦涩冗长的 ANKOS 强得多。）我也不觉得宇宙是计算机，但我倒不……
Hey, I'm not a particle physicist, but I've read a bunch of books by people who think the universe is a computer. (Three Scientists and Their Gods, A New Kind Of Science, and The Recursive Universe (this last is out of print and much better than Wolfram's newer but more turgid ANKOS.) I don't think the universe is a computer either, but I don't…
保罗·亚伯拉罕斯的回忆录：https://paulabrahams.substack.com/p/memories-of-ed-fredkin 在一条评论里，我提到了《三位科学家与他们的上帝》（Three Scientists and Their Gods）里的那篇人物特写（评论区里其他人也提到了），还有弗雷德金显然是一个流传甚广的关于机器学习过拟合（overfitting）轶事的源头：https://gwern.net/tank
Memories by Paul Abrahams: https://paulabrahams.substack.com/p/memories-of-ed-fredkin In a comment, I mentioned the Three Scientists and Their Gods profile (which someone else in the comments has also mentioned) and also that Fredkin was apparently the ultimate origin of a very widespread anecdote about overfitting in machine learning: https://gwern.net/tank