One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.
Arthur C. ClarkeTags: morality religion organized-religion
Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.
Arthur C. ClarkeWhen a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
Arthur C. ClarkeI'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.
Arthur C. ClarkeTags: humor science life universe extraterrestrials intelligent-life
Toda tecnología lo suficientemente avanzada es indistinguible de la magia.
Arthur C. ClarkeEl futuro no es ya lo que solía ser.
Arthur C. ClarkeI would defend the liberty of consenting adult creationists to practice whatever intellectual perversions they like in the privacy of their own homes; but it is also necessary to protect the young and innocent.
Arthur C. ClarkeTags: creationists
In my life I have found two things of priceless worth - learning and loving. Nothing else - not fame, not power, not achievement for its own sake - can possible have the same lasting value. For when your life is over, if you can say 'I have learned' and 'I have loved,' you will also be able to say 'I have been happy.
Arthur C. ClarkeTags: science-fiction
What is human memory?" Manning asked. He gazed at the air as he spoke, as if lecturing an invisible audience - as perhaps he was. "It certainly is not a passive recording mechanism, like a digital disc or a tape. It is more like a story-telling machine. Sensory information is broken down into shards of perception, which are broken down again to be stored as memory fragments. And at night, as the body rests, these fragments are brought out from storage, reassembled and replayed. Each run-through etches them deeper into the brain's neural structure. And each time a memory is rehearsed or recalled it is elaborated. We may add a little, lose a little, tinker with the logic, fill in sections that have faded, perhaps even conflate disparate events.
"In extreme cases, we refer to this as confabulation. The brain creates and recreates the past, producing, in the end, a version of events that may bear little resemblance to what actually occurred. To first order, I believe it's true to say that everything I remember is false.
Tags: dream memory brain confabulation
Open the pod bay doors, Hal.
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