Adam

“My ideal date would involve painful silence. My ideal date wouldn't involve me.”
― Sam Pink, I Am Going to Clone Myself Then Kill the Clone and Eat It

“Suicide rates have not slumped under the onslaught of antidepressants, mood-stabilizers, anxiolytic and anti-psychotic drugs; the jump in suicide rates suggests that the opposite is true. In some cases, suicide risk skyrockets once treatment begins (the patient may feel not only penalized for a justifiable reaction, but permanently stigmatized as malfunctioning). Studies show that self-loathing sharply decreases only in the course of cognitive-behavioral treatment.”
― Antonella Gambotto-Burke, The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide

“World domination is such an ugly phrase. I prefer to call it world optimisation.”
― Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

“Faith cannot tell us who is right and who is wrong, because each will simply assert that his or her faith is the true one.”
― Peter Singer