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Without us here to witness, the universe is just pointless physics unfolding.
Daniel H. Wilson
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Daniel H. Wilson
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: March 6
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Engineer
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Science Fiction Writer
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
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Across the sea of space lies an infinite emptiness. I can feel it, suffocating me. It is without meaning. But each life creates its own reality.
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I was writing a scene where a guy was choking another guy to death. You can go online and type 'chokeholds' and watch scenes where martial artists choke each other out. You can hear what noises they make when they go unconscious, see how their bodies flop and everything. YouTube is amazing for the more detailed stuff.
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As a society, I think we express our cultural mores through our politics. We're trying constantly to figure out what's OK and what's not OK. And it's hard, because our society is constantly buffeted by gale force winds of technology. Things are always changing.
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