Scientia potentia est Scientia potentia est The phrase "scientia potentia est"" (or "scientia est potentia" or also "scientia potestas est")" is a Latin aphorism meaning "knowledge is power". It is commonly attributed to Sir Francis Bacon, although there is no known occurrence of this precise phrase in Bacon's English or Latin writings. However, the expression ""ipsa scientia potestas est"" ('knowledge itself is power') occurs in Bacon's "Meditationes Sacrae" (1597). The exact phrase ""scientia potentia est"" was written for the first time in the 1668 version of the work "Leviathan" by Thomas Hobbes, who was secretary to Bacon as a young man. The related
Does not compute adapt to such unforeseen events. The phrase was used in the sitcom "My Living Doll" in which the android protagonist, Rhoda Miller, uttered the phrase regularly when confronted with contradictory information, usually with relation to human behavior. On a few occasions, she said "that "does" compute," if she actually understood the information. Perhaps the best known use of the phrase is in the television series "Lost in Space" where the robot often says, "It does not compute!" to which Dr Smith might reply, "What do you mean it doesn't compute, you ninny?!" or something similar. However, the robot did not