Quote by Iain Banks
Science fiction is trying to find alternative ways of looking at r

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

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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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Technology
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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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We must always emphasize research and development of science and mathematics, and I can think of no better way to achieve this than through our future in space. – Nick Lampson

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Ive always felt that the human-centered approach to computer science leads to more interesting, more exotic, more wild, and more heroic adventures than the machine-supremacy approach, where information is the highest goal. – Jaron Lanier

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In science fiction, you can also test out your own realities. – Theodore Sturgeon

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Great moments in science: Einstein discovers that time is actually money. – Gary Larson

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