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...
I believe that intelligence and rationality will always be primary no matter what shape sentient creatures take. To not think that would be to doubt the value of life itself.
HR?''Human Resources.''In Brussels that kind of department is referred to as the Office for Personkind Enablement. Resources sounds like something you dig out of the ground.
Genuine scientific progress is a slow climb, which requires a stable society to support thinkers and theorists over many generations.
Every Navy warship assigned to the Sol protection fleet flashed in towards Earth, knitting together in a defensive formation that extended out beyond lunar orbit. Weapons platforms that had spent deca...
A large part of evolution is interaction. Isolation is not evolution; it is stagnation.
Astrophysics, do we know what's causing that?No, sir, Bruno said cheerfully. Not a clue.
War is the result of total irrationality combined with conflict of interest.
There could well be two alien species out there, both with weapons and technology so far ahead of ours it might as well be magic. Thank you, Sir Arthur, Ozzie muttered. Nigel grinned at his old friend...
He said that for wickedness to succeed all it takes is for decent people to do nothing.
Contumacy.
Code could be written to solve the problems. Code could do anything. Code could save the world.
You think that isn't you? You believe you are noble and kind? Do you know how the dominance works?
You convinced yourselves we're just a bunch of regular lads who got a bad break in life. Anything else would have cracked your dream open and made you face reality. Illusion is easy. Illusion is the l...
You are so much smarter than me, aren’t you? No. I just think things through quicker, that’s all. If that’s not a definition of smart, I don’t know what is.
Without education and understanding, the barbarians would have outnumbered us and swarmed the city gates a long time ago.
Why do they both refer to your deity while mating? Tochee inquired as it munched on some rehydrated cabbage. Is it a request for a blessing?
We all have a bad morning after at some point in our lives.
Vance closed the link and stamped off to biolab-1, too furious to say anything more. He didn’t even ask the Lord for wisdom and guidance, which was remiss of him, but the Lord would understand the fra...