“Although my mood swings were the logical and deterministic results of my inputs, they were dismayingly hard for me to foresee, let alone control.”

—  Rudy Rucker, book Mathematicians in Love

Source: Mathematicians in Love (2006), Chapter 4, “Hypertunnel at the Tang Fat Hotel” (p. 151)

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