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"Wars don’t determine who’s right, only who’s left."
"Better be a bit more diplomatic. Translation: cover your scientific ass."

Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the department of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of Reason magazine.
Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the department of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of Reason magazine.
View all quotes by Gregory Benford"Wars don’t determine who’s right, only who’s left."
"Boundaries got redrawn at the point of a sword, and the legal frame followed."
"History held counterexamples to any facile rule."
"Science is about continuity of ideas, a web of connections."
"Bureaucracy increases as a doubling function in time, given resources. At the personal level, the cause is the persistent desire of every manager to hire at least one assistant. This provides the time constant for growth. Eventually this collides with the carrying capacity of society."
"Ideas about existence pale, beside the fact of existence."