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"If the computer had been a human, its eyebrows would have raised."
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Robert L. ForwardShe normally did not pay very much attention to religion, but, as Lead — Robert L. Forward
"She normally did not pay very much attention to religion, but, as Leader of the Clan, she was automatically Chief Worshiper of Bright at holy times, and it wouldn’t do to let things be disrupted by an obviously deranged individual."
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Robert L. Forward
Robert L. Forward
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Robert Lull Forward was an American physicist and science fiction writer. His literary work was noted for its scientific credibility and use of ideas developed from his career as an aerospace engineer. He also made important contributions to gravitational wave detection research.
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"You are lucky. Very few theoretical scientists ever see their mathematical equations turned into working hardware in their lifetime."
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"An animal doesn’t need to develop curiosity and intelligence if it has no problems that need solving."
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"After a short flurry of national and international concern over the “death of the Sun,” the human race settled down to solving the insoluble problem in the best way that they knew—they ignored it and hoped it would go away."
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"No data is preferable to poor data."
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"They used their intelligence to control things around them, instead of letting nature and the strong-muscled have their way."
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