A Quote on Computers and Humans

A quote by Robert B. O’Connor in the Journal of Occupational Medicine, April 1968:

Computers are extremely fast, accurate and stupid. Human beings are notoriously slow, sloppy and highly intelligent. When the intelligence of humans is coupled with the speed and accuracy of computers, data processing that far outreaches anything in the past becomes possible.

ps: maybe this is a good quote for me to use every time I assign students in my classes projects involving computer programming.

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