Note the automatic telephone exchange, which has hundreds of thousands of such contacts, and yet is reliable
I'm not to sure. You can fake phone calls but the number of calls can be measured.
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The difficulty seems to be, not so much that we publish unduly in view of the extent and variety of present day interests, but rather that publication has been extended far beyond our present ability to make real use of the record.
History is only relevant of who's writing it. It's true in a lot of ways which I don't like but understand. Connecting documents with people when they need it is still a huge challenge but could and can be manipulated.
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Of what lasting benefit has been man's use of science and of the new instruments which his research brought into existence?
That's the question which pegs the world to this day. science I believe can be a instrument of making life easier whether or not it can be used for a good thing or a bad thing.
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The scientist, however, is not the only person who manipulates data and examines the world about him by the use of logical processes,
This is a true statement. Scientist should look though a ethical lens always but needs logical step process. Same thing can be said for people using technology.
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Relief must be secured from laborious detailed manipulation of higher mathematics as well, if the users of it are to free their brains for something more than repetitive detailed transformations in accordance with established rules.
I agree with this statement. Relief shouldn't be a concept of being "secure" because that can be controlled to a point where manipulation can be issued. I believe technology should be free to transform or upgrade instead of being manipulated by others.
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It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow, and faulty in detail.
This statement remains content though out human history and the same can be said for technology. We humans went though trail and error though out history to see what works and what doesn't work. Technology is the same with numbers, programs and sites too. It's progress.
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