Monthly Archives: February 2008

“The imbalance between the grand mysteries of the Universe as opposed to our own feeble faculties, leads us to set very modest expectations as to what we shall and shan’t be able to understand–and makes us passing suspicious of anyone … Continue reading →

Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled. Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach … Continue reading →

Hoyle: A star is basically a pretty simple object.Voice from Audience: You’d look pretty simple too, Fred, from a distance of ten parsecs. This exchange occurred at a seminar in Cambridge Sir Fred Hoyle

Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I mean everybody. No matter how dull and boring they are on the outside, inside them they’ve all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds. … Continue reading →

Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting. Alan Dean Foster

Nothing I have ever written was given the slightest deliberation. It was there in the typewriter and it came out, a total bypassing of the brain. C.L. Moore

There was so much knowledge in the galaxy and he knew so little of it, understood so little of the little that he knew. Clifford D. Simak, Way Station

I came down with the flu this week; today is the first day I’ve felt normal in awhile. Not normal enough to clean my garage, which I must do soon, since I’m getting a new hot water heater on Friday … Continue reading →

Most science fiction is about madness, or what is currently ruled to be madness; this is part of its attraction — it’s always playing with how much the human mind can encompass. Brian W. Aldiss

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety. Isaac Asimov