“—it reaches out it reaches out it reaches out it reaches out— One hundred and thirteen times a second, nothing answers and it reaches out. It is not conscious, though parts of it are. There are structures within it that were once separate organisms; aboriginal, evolved, and complex. It is designed to improvise, to use what is there and then move on. Good enough is good enough, and so the artifacts are ignored or adapted. The conscious parts try to make sense of the reaching out. Try to interpret it.”
― Cibola Burn
― Cibola Burn
“Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.”
― The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
― The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
“Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.”
― Memoirs, Correspondence And Private Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Ed. By T.J. Randolph
― Memoirs, Correspondence And Private Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Ed. By T.J. Randolph
“Islamophobia is a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.”
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