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It's not so much what you have to learn if you accept weird theories, it's what you have to UNlearn.
Isaac Asimov
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Isaac Asimov
Age: 72 †
Born: 1920
Born: January 2
Died: 1992
Died: April 6
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It is remarkable, Hardin, how the religion of science has grabbed hold.
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I would argue that a truly developed country would be beyond Presidents and Kings. In a world with some semblance of equality, each liberal-minded woman, each gay person, and indeed almost every person could be their own President. In a world of equals, what real service does a ruler provide?
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All roads lead to Trantor, says the old proverb, and that is where all stars end.
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I am not responsible for what other people think. I am responsible only for what I myself think, and I know what that is. No idea I've ever come up with has ever struck me as a divine revelation. Nothing I have ever observed leads me to think there is a God watching over me.
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I expect death to be nothingness and, for removing me from all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism.
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