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Viewfinder: Opinions from around the world

6 May 2009

“We have become inured to Moore’s law. The astonishing advances that once would have brought us to our knees are now reduced to a thumbs-up on Gizmodo. They’re removed from the realm of magic – they’re just cool gear.”

regrets that technology is losing its sheen

“Every model has to be compared to the real world and, if you can’t do that, then don’t believe the model.”

Physicist Freeman Dyson, in a , expresses his scepticism over climate science’s excessive reliance on computer modelling

“Now that President Barack Obama has pledged American leadership in cutting greenhouse-gas emissions…

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