My knowledge of the human psyche is as yet imperfect. Certain areas won't yield to computation. - Poul Anderson

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A human body is a conversation going on, both within the cells and between the cells, and they're telling each other to grow and to die; when you're sick, something's gone wrong with that conversation.

Poul Anderson

My knowledge of the human psyche is as yet imperfect. Certain areas won't yield to computation.

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Anybody can find infinite Mandelbrot figures in his navel.

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In Harvest of Stars, there is this notion, not original with me of course, that it will become possible to download at least the basic aspects of a human personality into a machine program

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Why do most people think their own impoverished lives must be the norm of the universe?

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At each stage. . . entirely new laws, concepts and generalizations are necessary, requiring inspiration and creativity to just as great a degree as in the previous one.

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Will none wipe the sneer of the face of the cosmos?

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