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= Acknowledgements
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This thesis is based on the ideas from friends, family, mentors, and teachers in major ways.
I would like to thank the following people by listing some ideas that they contributed.
When there are quotation marks, the text is a literal quote.
Otherwise, the text is my best effort to summarize an idea that people told me or taught me through their actions.

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*Age de Wit*: Hmm yes that sounds nice in theory, but in practice it won't work because ... \
*<NAME>*: Don't focus too much on reasons why the approach might not work, but instead have some optimism and focus on why the approach might work. \
*<NAME>*: Not everything is binary. \
*<NAME>*, *<NAME>*, and *<NAME>*: Challenge all assumptions. \
*<NAME>* and *<NAME>*: With enough free parameters, you can fit an elephant. \
*<NAME>*: Be humble. \
*<NAME>*, *<NAME>*, and *<NAME>*: "You're not right or wrong because a thousand people agree with you and you're not right or wrong because a thousand people disagree with you. You are right when your facts and reasoning are right." \
*<NAME>*: Don't forget to give sincere compliments from time to time. \
*<NAME>*: Don't postpone things that you can do today. \
*<NAME>*: "Gewoon rustig doorgaan." (Just calmly continue.) \
*<NAME>* and *<NAME>*: It's okay to sometimes complain about things, but at some point you just have to get the work done. \
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To these people and the many other people who's ideas ended up in this thesis, thank you.
