1.
If P=NP, then the world would be a profoundly different place than we usually assume it to be. There would be no special value in “creative leaps,” no fundamental gap between solving a problem and recognizing the solution once it's found. Everyone who could appreciate a symphony would be Mozart; everyone who could follow a step-by-step argument would be Gauss; everyone who could recognize a good investment strategy would be Warren Buffett.
Scott Aaronson
2.
Again and again, I've undergone the humbling experience of first
lamenting how badly something sucks, then only much later having the
crucial insight that its not sucking wouldn't have been a Nash
equilibrium.
Scott Aaronson
3.
If poor people can vote, one of the main things they vote for is to redistribute money to themselves.
Scott Aaronson
4.
Quantum mechanics is confusing and consciousness is confusing, so maybe they're the same.
Scott Aaronson
5.
If you always win, then you're probably doing something wrong.
Scott Aaronson
