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 –.
Jool Noret, we admire you. You are the scourge of Omnius.” “I am merely doing my job.
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.
My father lied to me! He distorted the events, taking credit, hiding the extent of the brutality and suffering – even Omnius knew it. On the other hand, Serena had told him the truth.
Arrakis is ours because we have taken it,” Selim announced. “We have learned to survive under the harshest circumstances, without depending upon the benevolence of strangers or trade with offworld intruders.
Tell her nothing is impossible. Tell her that love is what separates humans from other living creatures, not hatred. Not violence –.
I can envision calculations all the way to infinity,” she said, as if in a trance. “I don’t have to write them down.
I have seen into the heart of the universe.
Consciousness and logic are not reliable standards. – COGITORS, Fundamental Postulate.