It is a misconception to think that during evolution humans sacrificed physical skill in exchange for intelligence: wielding one's body is a mental activity.
Brain damage is never a good idea, no matter what your friends say. - Ted Chiang
Brain damage is never a good idea, no matter what your friends say.
- Ted Chiang
Similarly, knowledge of the future was incompatible with free will. What made it possible for me to exercise freedom of choice also made it impossibl… - Ted Chiang
Similarly, knowledge of the future was incompatible with free will. What made it possible for me to exercise freedom of choice also made it impossibl…
Women who work with animals hear this all the time: that their love for animals must arise out of a sublimated child-rearing urge. Ana's tired of the… - Ted Chiang
Women who work with animals hear this all the time: that their love for animals must arise out of a sublimated child-rearing urge. Ana's tired of the…
Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so. - Ted Chiang
Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so.
It is a misconception to think that during evolution humans sacrificed physical skill in exchange for intelligence: wielding one's body is a mental a… - Ted Chiang
It is a misconception to think that during evolution humans sacrificed physical skill in exchange for intelligence: wielding one's body is a mental a…
Science fiction is very well suited to asking philosophical questions; questions about the nature of reality, what it means to be human, how do we kn… - Ted Chiang
Science fiction is very well suited to asking philosophical questions; questions about the nature of reality, what it means to be human, how do we kn…
Four things do not come back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity. - Ted Chiang
Four things do not come back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.
Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness. That is all, but that is enough. - Ted Chiang
Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness. That is all, but that is enough.
Physics admits of a lovely unification, not just at the level of fundamental forces, but when considering its extent and implications. Classification… - Ted Chiang
Physics admits of a lovely unification, not just at the level of fundamental forces, but when considering its extent and implications. Classification…
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