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I think a lot of people are frightened of technology and frightene

I think a lot of people are frightened of technology and frightened of change, and the way to deal with something youre frightened of is to make fun of it. Thats why science fiction fans are dismissed as geeks and nerds. – 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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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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