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I examine how I feel about that. I feel nothing about it, which is precisely the downside with relying on DCS routines to shield me from my emotional responses. Theoretically I should be making better judgment calls without my animal half
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“If you can't test it, it's not theorics -- it's metatheorics. A branch of philosophy. So, if you want to think of it this way, our test equipment is what defines the boundary separating theorics from philosophy.”
― Anathem
― Anathem
“That's funny because if anyone actually did prove the existence of God we'd just tell him 'nice proof, Fraa Bly' and start believing in God.”
― Anathem
― Anathem
“Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs," I said. "We have a protractor.”
― Anathem
― Anathem
“I don't know what's the matter with people: they don't learn by understanding, they learn by some other way — by rote or something. Their knowledge is so fragile!”
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“... you should not believe a thing only because you like to believe it. We call that 'Diax's Rake' ...”
― Anathem
― Anathem
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