We all have a bad morning after at some point in our lives.
Violence: the brutish solution of the ignorant who know they could never get enough people to vote for them.
Rationalize that as something else
During the Trinity test of the very first atom bomb, Fermi wondered if the detonation would ignite the Earth’s atmosphere. They just didn’t know, you see. We think the quantum disruption won’t propaga...
He said that for wickedness to succeed all it takes is for decent people to do nothing.
Humans can do anything if they have enough determination. And knowledge. Knowledge is the key to everything.
Computers aren’t smart, just fast. Garbage in, garbage out.
There always has to be a balance between freedom and restriction; that is fundamental to any society. Without law there is anarchy. But too much law, applied rigorously, becomes oppression
Secrecy is like oxygen to politicians and defense forces; there’s always got to be some of it to keep them going.
Justine watched two azure moons traverse the sparkling smear of Wall stars. They were in very strange orbits. And moving impossibly fast – actually accelerating. ‘Oh my God,’ she gasped. The Raiel’s p...
It was always a puzzle, given that he spent his days achieving nothing, that he had no time for anything.
Kelly was starting to have serious second thoughts about the whole assignment. Like all war correspondents, she supposed. Being on the ground was very different to sitting in the office anticipating b...
Typical case, educated way, way beyond her IQ, with ambition stronger than ability. She’s just another cause fascist, son, and that’s the worst kind; they always know they’re right. Anyone who dissent...
It is the epitome of entropy, the final enemy of all things.
Is Vermillion damaged?’ ‘No.’ He gave her an anxious grin. ‘Not exactly. Just lost.’ ‘Lost?’ It was possibly an even more worrying answer. How could you get lost flying to a star cluster that measured...
Three hundred and twenty-eight wormholes were opened in unison. They were small, all of them measuring a metre and a half wide. Just enough for a ten-megatonne warhead to pass through. The wormholes c...
How many twenty-second-century bureaucrats did it take to change a light panel?We'll have a sub-committee meeting and get back to you with an estimate.
Several tech-types; heavily idealistic about total access they all sailed close to anarchistic beliefs, believing all information should be free.
Are you sure it is trustworthy, Mellanie? I'd be dead if it wasn't.Yes, I suppose that does generate a respectable level of personal confidence.
A large part of evolution is interaction. Isolation is not evolution; it is stagnation.
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