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Sun Tzu
“All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.”
Sun tzu, The Art of War

Louis Althusser
“There is no such thing as an innocent reading, we must ask what reading we are guilty of.”
Louis Althusser

Douglas Adams
“God's Final Message to His Creation:
'We apologize for the inconvenience.”
Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Ted Chiang
“My message to you is this: Pretend that you have free will. It’s essential that you behave as if your decisions matter, even though you know they don’t. The reality isn’t important; what’s important is your belief, and believing the lie is the only way to avoid a waking coma. Civilization now depends on self-deception. Perhaps it always has.

(story: What's Expected of Us)”
Ted Chiang, What's Expected of Us

Jorge Luis Borges
“To think is to forget a difference, to generalize, to abstract.”
Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones

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