The waiter came, bringing the second course, pollo con ajillo, chicken with garlic. they would both stink frightfully when they were through, miss shaw thought; she would have to remember to buy some...
Refurbished warehouse district below London’s
Obsequious
For the last fifteen years we have been under the control of an entirely new complex, far more powerful and far more pervasive. I call it the politico-legal-media complex. The PLM. And
But one thing above all—one reason stands out—we need the gods to protect us from loneliness. But why is loneliness so intolerable? We can’t stand to be alone—why not? Because human beings are childre...
Am saying their religion has made a state that does not halt injustice, but rather institutionalizes it. They feel superior to others who have different beliefs. They feel only they possess the right...
Young Johnson Joins the Field Trip West
You want a university appointment? Yes. That’s a mistake, Hammond said briskly. At least, if you respect your talent. Wu had blinked. Why? Because, let’s face facts, Hammond said. Universities are no...
We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so.
We spared no expense.
We are one of only three species on our planet that can claim to be self-aware, yet self-delusion may be a more significant characteristic of our kind.
Used to be - in the old days - the media image roughly corresponded to reality. But now it's all reversed. The media image is the reality, and by comparison day-to-day life seems to lack excitement. S...
Uno no viene a un sitio lleno de pollos venenosos si no está seguro de que los vehículos responderán.
Universities are no longer the intellectual centers of the country. The very idea is preposterous. Universities are the backwater. Don’t look so surprised. I’m not saying anything you don’t know. Sinc...
There's one problem with all psychological knowledge - nobody can apply it to themselves. People can be incredibly astute about the shortcomings of their friends, spouses, children. But they have no i...
The technician consulted the enclosed documents. Lizard is biting local children. They have a question about identification of the species, and a concern about diseases transmitted from the bite. She...
The ability to imagine is the largest part of what you call intelligence. You think the ability to imagine is merely a useful step on the way to solving a problem or making something happen. But imagi...
The Thematic Apperception Test was a psychological test that consisted of a series of ambiguous pictures. Subjects were supposed to tell what they thought was happening in the pictures. Since no clear...
The Five Deaths
Terror can fill any space