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Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. Ive had some fa

Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. Ive had some failures. On the other hand, I also predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of fundamentalist Islam… and Im not happy to be right in all of those cases. – David Brin

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Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on. – David Brin

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It is said that power corrupts, but actually its more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. – David Brin

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But honestly, if you do a rigorous survey of my work, Ill bet youll find that biology is a theme far more often than physical science. – David Brin

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The doubter is a true man of science; he doubts only himself and his interpretations, but he believes in science. – Claude Bernard

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So one reason the science educators panic at the first sign of public rebellion is that they fear exposure of the implicit religious content in what they are teaching. – Phillip E. Johnson

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Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness but a belief is always sensitive. – James Anthony Froude

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When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a room full of dukes. – W. H. Auden

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