Quote: Paul Ehrlich on Computer

By Alex in Quote-a-Day, Science & Tech on Apr 30, 2008 at 11:24 am

"To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer."

Paul Ehrlich, scientist and Nobel laureateThanks Fred!


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  1. Fred
    Apr 30th, 2008 at 6:45 pm

    The Nobel laureate was Paul Ehrlich (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ehrlich), there were no computers when he was alive.

    The quote is by Paul R. Ehrlich, who ist still alive (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_R._Ehrlich) but didn’t win the Nobel prize afaik.

  2. Alex
    Apr 30th, 2008 at 6:58 pm

    Ooh, good catch – thanks Fred!

  3. Tim
    May 1st, 2008 at 9:56 am

    It should be ‘To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a bad computer programmer.’.

    Computers only do what instructed. If the instructions are messed up, its the humans fault!


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