There is a technical, literary term for those who mistake the opinions and beliefs of characters in a … - Larry Niven

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Most people who work with me can tell you I'm a bit of a pessimist about business stuff. Not because I don't believe in what I'm doing, I just don't like feeling presumptuous. Like, 'This is what's going to happen!' Honestly, I don't know what will happen.

Larry Niven

There is a technical, literary term for those who mistake the opinions and beliefs of characters in a novel for those of the author. The term is 'idiot'.

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The reader has certain rights. He bought your story. Think of this as an implicit contract. He's entitled to be entertained, instructed, amused; maybe all three. If he quits in the middle, or puts the book down feeling his time has been wasted, you're in violation.

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Ethics change with technology.

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In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists.

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Intelligence is just a tool to be used toward a goal, and goals are not always chosen intelligently.

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There were timelines branching and branching, a mega-universe of universes, millions more every minute. Billions? Trillions? The universe split every time someone made a decision. Split, so that every decision ever made could go both ways. Every choice made by every man, woman, and child was reversed in the universe next door.

Child, Children, Choice, Choices Made, Men, Universe