Tag: Isaac Asimov

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.

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No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. . .

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One, a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law Three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

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Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.

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Science is a mechanism, a way of trying to improve your knowledge of nature. It’s a system for testing your thoughts against the universe, and seeing whether they match.

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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka’ (I found it) but ‘That’s funny …’

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There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.

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University President Why is it that you physicists always require so much expensive equipment Now the Department of Mathematics requires nothing but money for paper, pencils, and erasers…and the Department of Philosophy is better still. It doesn’t even ask for erasers.

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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

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You must keep sending work out you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you’re working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success – but only if you persist.

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