Gustav

“Finally, consciousness itself may end or vanish in a humanity that has become completely etherealized, losing the close-knit organism, becoming masses of atoms in space communicating by radiation, and ultimately perhaps resolving itself entirely into light. That may be an end or a beginning, but from here it is out of sight.”
― John Desmond Bernal

“You know, the aspirants believe this is the only true existence. That everything outside is an illusion, a shadow play created by the ancestor gods to cradle us until we can build our own tailored reality and Upload into it. That’s comforting, isn’t it.”
― Richard K. Morgan, Woken Furies

“Trust to yourself; let our own eyes determine;
Be they our tripods, oracles, and gods.”
― Voltaire, Oedipe de Corneille et Oedipe de Voltaire

“The fact that religious faith has left its mark on every aspect of our civilization is not an argument in its favor, nor can any particular faith be exonerated simply because certain of its adherents made foundational contributions to human culture.”
― Sam Harris, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason