Among my father’s most important messages were that governments lie to protect themselves and they make incredibly stupid decisions.
The tapestry of the universe is vast and complex, with infinite patterns. While threads of tragedy may form the primary weave, humanity with its undaunted optimism still manages to embroider small designs of happiness and love.
Your outrageous and reckless chaos is the only reason you are able to beat me in any strategy game,” Seurat said. “It certainly has nothing to do with your innate skills.
Some people consider facts to be dangerous things that must be locked away and carefully guarded. But I consider mysteries a far greater threat. We should seek answers wherever possible, regardless of the consequences. – GILBERTUS ALBANS, secret Erasmus dialogues.
Politics is a tangled web, an intricate labyrinth, an ever-shifting kaleidoscopic pattern. And it is not pretty.
A human captive had fought the machines! She had destroyed a robot with her own hands! Amazed, they called out her name.
The simplest solution is an immediate cessation of all hostilities between you and the League of Nobles,” Vidad said to Omnius. “You keep your Synchronized Worlds, and the free humans keep their League Worlds. In exchange, the mutual aggression ends. There will be no further deaths, no further violence between machine and man.
Eventually, if Quinto Paolo succeeded in his mission, at least Vorian Atreides would understand. Xavier asked for nothing more.
We humans exist on hope. It’s what separates us from thinking machines.
Dhartha’s deep blue eyes flashed. “This is not about pride, Aurelius Venport. This is only about killing a pest of the desert.
She suspected that Iblis Ginjo was a dangerous, duplicitous man, but saw no one more qualified to take the Jihad where it needed to go. For his own reasons, he did, after all, espouse the same cause as her Sorceresses: the utter annihilation of thinking machines. Iblis would, however, require the closest sort of scrutiny and would have to be handled with excruciating care.
If we give up our humanity to fight the machines, Zufa, then Omnius has already won!
Serena grew angry. How could that representative worry about petty price tags, when the ultimate cost was so much higher? “We will all pay – in blood – if we do not do this. We must strengthen the League and the human species.
Never underestimate the power of the human mind to believe what it wants to believe, no matter the conflicting evidence. – Caedmon Erb, Politics and Reality.
Looking around, Ishmael noted that the humans in control here didn’t seem to care. Why is their religious fervor acceptable, while ours is a matter of scorn?
The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth. – Bene Gesserit Precept I.
The revolutionary environmentalists twist science to get what they want, saying they’re using the “best available science” to determine public policy, when in fact these are code words for cherry picking from a repertoire of biased science studies. Arguing with the Greenies’ faulty science is like shouting into the wind, because they will disregard or minimize evidence that disputes any position they are trying to assert. Your points will be ignored, and you will be demonized.
Vor stared for a moment at his own reflection in the familiar mirrored face, remembering some of the stupid jokes his friend had told and the innovative military games they had played together. Seurat had never harmed him in any way.
The robot responded with surprising sarcasm. “I am aware of the various bodily orifices humans possess. Therefore, I invite you to take a power tool and insert it where the –.
Poritrin nobles professed to follow gentle, bucolic Navachristianity, but their core beliefs did not extend to their daily lives. They had their festivals, and embraced religious trappings, but the Poritrin upper classes did little to demonstrate their true faith.