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"—Y’know, fact that nobody understands you doesn’t mean you’re some kinda genius."
"Only senators and simpletons thought science took place in neatly drawn boxes."

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.
"—Y’know, fact that nobody understands you doesn’t mean you’re some kinda genius."
"Science is about continuity of ideas, a web of connections."
"Government doesn’t often move quickly, but when they do, it’s like an elephant stampede."
"I agree with the Emperor. Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced."
"“Costly,” Zeb fretted. “How will I ever pay—” “The dead do not worry about debts,” she said. “You have such an engaging way of putting matters.” “Subtlety is wasted here.”"
"Ideas about existence pale, beside the fact of existence."