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David Gelernter [6]
Computer Scientist, Yale University; Chief Scientist, Mirror Worlds Technologies; Author, America-Lite: How Imperial Academia Dismantled our Culture (and ushered in the Obamacrats)
Gelernter's Law

Gelernter's First Law

Computers make people stupid.

Gelernter's Second Law

One expert is worth a million intellectuals. (This law is only approximate.)

Gelernter's Third Law

Scientists know all the right answers and none of the right questions.

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