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That was how scrivings worked: they were instructions written upon mindless objects that convinced them to disobey reality in select ways.
“An oft-told joke: a statistician drowned crossing a river that was only three feet deep on average.”
― The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't
― The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't
“She could not envision a God who demanded such particularity of belief, whose mercy and forgiveness were confined to such a precise segment of humankind.”
― The Bird King
― The Bird King
“Spring surprised me, as she always does those of us who remain most of our lives indoors”
― The Best of Gene Wolfe
― The Best of Gene Wolfe
“I don’t make promises or sacrifices or grant wishes or any of those sorts of things. I’m the wrong kind of jinn for that.”
― The Bird King
― The Bird King
“Yet here’s the paradox: the image of a dangerous world has never been broadcast more effectively than it is now, while the world has never been less violent and more safe.”
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
The Western Suburban Sci-Fi Book Club
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A sci-fi book club for nerds, meeting monthly in western Chicagoland. Join us, and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son. You know, metaph ...more
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