Denyeverything

“Scientific truth is beyond loyalty and disloyalty.”
― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

“The universe is a dark forest. Every civilization is an armed hunter stalking through the trees like a ghost, gently pushing aside branches that block the path and trying to tread without sound. Even breathing is done with care. The hunter has to be careful, because everywhere in the forest are stealthy hunters like him. If he finds other life—another hunter, an angel or a demon, a delicate infant or a tottering old man, a fairy or a demigod—there’s only one thing he can do: open fire and eliminate them. In this forest, hell is other people. An eternal threat that any life that exposes its own existence will be swiftly wiped out. This is the picture of cosmic civilization. It’s the explanation for the Fermi Paradox.”
― Liu Cixin, The Dark Forest

“It is not important what can or cannot be done. What is important is what people will or will not believe can be done.”
― Isaac Asimov, Prelude to Foundation

“A great many things are possible.” And to himself he added: But not practical.”
― Isaac Asimov, Prelude to Foundation