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My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolutio

My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is. – Iain Banks

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Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesnt matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state. – Iain Banks

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Torture is such a slippery slope as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get a situation where people are being tortured for very trivial reasons. – Iain Banks

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Science fiction is trying to find alternative ways of looking at realities. – Iain Banks

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If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes about 40 years for mainstream science to come around. Gaia has been going for only 30 years or so. – James Lovelock

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In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern. – Amy Lowell

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I was born in 1950 and watched science fiction and horror movies on TV and was always really fascinated by them. – Rick Baker

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Modem science, then, maintains on the one hand that nature, both organic and inorganic, strives towards a state of order and that mans actions are governed by the same tendency. – Rudolf Arnheim

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It is much easier to become a father than to be one. – Kent Nerburn, Letters to My Son: Reflections on Becoming a Man, 1994

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A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation. – Howard Scott

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The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human being, and through its use, brings peace to every human soul. – Alfred Adler

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