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An author is the original person who conceives and writes the majority of a literary work. Some authors may just conceive the idea and write with a team (of 1 or more authors); in this case the authors are listed as co-authors or the person who conceived the idea is listed as the attributing (main) author.

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Who said, "The only way to model an infinitely complex system is with the system, itself"?

I debated whether or not to ask this question here or on History. I concluded to try it here because I'm fairly sure it was said by someone like Arthur C. Clarke or Isaac Asimov, and a great many of t …
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