Greg Teal

“The great Greek hero Theseus fluttered his fingers like a flustered dowager feeling dog breath on her naughty bits. “Oh my, no,” said”
― Christopher Moore, Shakespeare for Squirrels

“But isn’t it all – crystal ball gazing, star signs, birth stones, ley-lines and the rest – just a bit of harmless fun? If people want to believe in garbage like astrology, or crystal healing, why not let them? But it’s so sad to think about all that they are missing. There is so much wonder in real science. The universe is mysterious enough to need no help from warlocks, shamans and ‘psychic’ tricksters. These are at best a soul-sapping distraction. At worst they are dangerous profiteers.”
― Richard Dawkins, A Devil's Chaplain

“By the very nature of accelerating progress, the world’s first naturally evolved high technology–wielding species could very possibly be its last. Beyond that, self-directed evolution trumps the processes of naturally occurring evolution, potentially leaving machine intelligence as the sole survivor.”
― Richard Yonck, Heart of the Machine: Our Future in a World of Artificial Emotional Intelligence