Computers are very powerful tools, but in the simulated world of the computer, everything has to be calculated.

In the Pythagorean system, thinking about numbers, or doing mathematics, was an inherently masculine task. Mathematics was associated with the gods, and with transcendence from the material world; women, by their nature, were supposedly rooted in this latter, baser realm.

Nature doesn't feel compelled to stick to a mathematically precise algorithm; in fact, nature probably can't stick to an algorithm.

Though women are no longer barred from university laboratories and scientific societies, the idea that they are innately less suited to mathematical science is deeply ingrained in our cultural genes.

Computers are great tools, but they need to be applied to the physical world.

The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows.