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The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.
Science Past, Science Future(1975)
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Any technological advance can be dangerous.
It may be that machines will do the work that makes life possible and that human beings will do all the other things that make life pleasant and worthwhile
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Isaac Asimov (Robot Visions (Robot, #0.5))
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But life is glorious when it is happy; days are carefree when they are happy; the interplay of thought and imagination is far superior to that of muscle and sinew.
Tengo un presagio de la época de mis hijos o mis nietos, cuando Estados Unidos sea una economía de servicios e información; cuando casi todas las principales industrias manufactureras se hayan ido a otros países; cuando los increíbles poderes tecnológicos estén en manos de muy pocos, y nadie que represente el interés público pueda si quiera comprender los problemas; cuando la gente haya perdido la capacidad de establecer sus propias agendas o cuestionar sabiamente a los que tienen autoridad; cuando, abrazados a nuestras bolas de cristal y consultando nerviosamente nuestros horóscopos, con nuestras facultades críticas en declive, incapaces de distinguir entre lo que se siente bien y lo que es verdad, nos deslicemos de vuelta, casi sin darnos cuenta, en la superstición y la oscuridad.
Adherents may be encouraged to surrender not just their will, but also their independence of thought. I'll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it. Hallelujah! We can all be members of the intellectual elite and then, and only then, will a phrase like “America’s right to know” and, indeed, any true concept of democracy, have any meaning.
“A Cult of Ignorance,” Newsweek(21 Jan 1980)
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“Violence,” came the retort, “is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
Isaac Asimov(1920-1992) Russian-American author, polymath, biochemist
“Bridle and Saddle,” Astounding(Jun 1942)
Retitled "The Mayors" in Foundation (1951).For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.
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Isn't it sad that you can tell people that the ozone layer is being depleted, the forests are being cut down, the deserts are advancing steadily, that the greenhouse effect will raise the sea level 200 feet, that overpopulation is choking us, that pollution is killing us, that nuclear war may destroy us - and they yawn and settle back for a comfortable nap.
The exceptional make the mediocre feel bad about themselves, so the mediocre use their force of numbers to demonize the exceptional. It took me a long time to say it. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.
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Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.
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Imagine the people who believe such things and who are not ashamed to ignore, totally, all the patient findings of thinking minds through all the centuries since the Bible was written.
For an impoverished child whose family could not afford to buy books, the library was the open door to wonder and achievement, and I can never be sufficiently grateful that I had the wit to charge through that door and make the most of it. No, I reply. To rebel against the “scientific” establishment, however, is the easiest thing in the world, and anyone can do it and feel enormously brave, without risking as much as a hangnail.
Do you know why? With gas prices soaring to unprecedented heights, that's when the conservative leader Newt Gingrich unveiled the slogan 'Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less'—with an emphasis on the now.
[Letters of Note; Troy (MI, USA) Public Library, 1971]
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Weak emperors mean strong viceroys. They are his Court, and in his name they defraud and govern, enrich themselves and perpetuate their power. I said: what are we doing?