"I have a simple algorithm, which is, wherever you see paid researchers instead of grad students, that's not where you want to be doing research."

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“I don't know how long I would've stayed, to be honest.”

“Have a healthy disregard for the impossible.”

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“The Star Trek computer doesn't seem that interesting. They ask it random questions, it thinks for a while. I think we can do better than that.”

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