“ There is no indisputable proof for the big bang, said Hollus. And there is none for evolution. And yet you accept those. Why hold the question of whether there is a creator to a higher standard? Robert J. Sawyer
“ You can't be a 21st-century science fiction writer writing about Mars without doing tips of the hat to Edgar Rice Burroughs, to Ray Bradbury, to H.G. Wells, to the guys who first put it in the public… Robert J. Sawyer
“ It is either coincidence piled on top of coincidence, said Hollus, or it is deliberate design. Robert J. Sawyer
“ If theft is advantageous to everyone who succeeds at it, and adultery is a good strategy, at least for males, for increasing presence in the gene pool, why do we feel they are wrong? Shouldn't the onl… Robert J. Sawyer
“ That natural selection can produce changes within a type is disputed by no one, not even the staunchest creationist. But that it can transform one species into another — that, in fact, has never been… Robert J. Sawyer
“ No one disputes that seeming order can come out of the application of simple rules. But who wrote the rules? Robert J. Sawyer
“ El único tipo de infierno que puedo concebir —dijo Espíritu— es pasar por la eternidad sin que se formen nuevas conexiones; sin ver las cosas de forma nueva; sin divertirse por el absurdo de la econom… Robert J. Sawyer
“ I get tired of hearing some science-fiction fans saying that characterization isn't important in SF. In point of fact, I think it's probably more important in SF than in mainstream fiction. After all,… Robert J. Sawyer
“ Es nuestra concepción de la muerte lo que determina nuestras respuestas a todas las preguntas que la vida nos plantea. Robert J. Sawyer
“ Gone. and it was completely. Everyone I'd every known, every place I'd ever been. My Mother. My father. Rebecca. Out of site. Out of mind. Robert J. Sawyer
“ All the things that made us basically nasty, rapacious, competitive as a species are not necessarily hard-coded into whatever passes for the DNA of artificial intelligence. Robert J. Sawyer
“ Naturally, one does not normally discuss plans to commit murder with the intended victim. Robert J. Sawyer
“ When we have machines that are as intelligent - and then twice as intelligent - as we are, there is no reason why that relationship cannot be synergistic rather than antagonistic. Robert J. Sawyer
“ Science fiction has always been a means for political comment. H.G. Wells' 'The War of the Worlds' wasn't about a Martian invasion - it was a critique of British colonialism, and... 'The Time Machine'… Robert J. Sawyer
“ My Canada includes Quebec—but its license plates no longer call it La belle province. I can’t remember what they say now. Robert J. Sawyer
“ It's possible that there is a guiding intelligence in our universe. I don't see a lot of personal evidence for an interventionist-on-an-individual-basis-deity. I have friends who very much do believe… Robert J. Sawyer
“ George Orwell's science-fiction classic 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' wasn't a failure because the future it predicted failed to come to pass. Rather, it was a resounding success because it helped us prevent… Robert J. Sawyer
“ ¨Kayla replied, ´And we---or the p-zeds, at any rate---copy indiscriminately, without reflection. And if the person they´re coyping is a psychopath, then their behavior ends up being de facto psychopa… Robert J. Sawyer
