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"But you know there’s always that nagging set of voices out there worried that someone is doing something bad with that freedom—and of course the problem is, sometimes they’re right."
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Ryk E. SpoorI cannot help but think that anyone who wants power for those reasons — Ryk E. Spoor
"I cannot help but think that anyone who wants power for those reasons really is not the person I want to have it."
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Ryk E. Spoor
Ryk E. Spoor
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Ryk E. Spoor is an American science fiction and fantasy author, who also writes research grant proposals for a technology firm. He published his first novel, Digital Knight, in 2003, and has gone on to publish over a dozen more novels, often in collaboration with author Eric Flint on their Boundary series. He is nicknamed "seawasp" or "Sea Wasp", an online handle he has been using since 1977 in ve
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"If you’re a sensible man, you get in the habit of being very cautious of making extreme pronouncements when one’s in the sciences, especially when it’s not your core field."
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"People don’t mind poking into other people’s business—they just don’t want other people poking into theirs."
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"I am a scientist. I do not believe in gods or demons."
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"Your problem, you pea-brained, overbearing, pompous crayfish, is that you think you have any idea of what you’re dealing with."
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"Living creatures are essentially biological carbon-based nanotech."
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