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by Martha Wells (Goodreads Author)
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“People aren't rational. We're not thinking machines, we're - we're feeling machines that happen to think.”
Peter Watts, Blindsight

Martha Wells
“I lack a sense of proportional response. I don't advise engaging with me on any level.”
Martha Wells, System Collapse

“Stars, everywhere. So many stars that I could not for the life me understand how the sky could contain them all yet be so black.”
Peter Watts, Blindsight

“I really wanted to talk to her.
I just couldn't find an algorithm that fit.”
Peter Watts, Blindsight

“Maybe your empathy's just a comforting lie, you ever think of that? Maybe you think you know how the other person feels but you're only feeling yourself, maybe you're even worse than me. Or maybe we're all just guessing.”
Peter Watts, Blindsight

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