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I think that if the novels task is to describe where we find ourse

I think that if the novels task is to describe where we find ourselves and how we live now, the novelist must take a good, hard look at the most central facts of contemporary life – technology and science. – Richard Powers

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The desire to live in our imagination is driven by this suspicion that were disembodied sensibilities cobbled into our bodies. That idea has infused most of human thought since the very beginning. – Richard Powers

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Imagination
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Richard Powers
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This idea that a book can either be about character and feeling, or about politics and idea, is just a false binary. Ideas are an expression of the feelings and the intense emotions we hold about the world. – Richard Powers

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Politics
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Im writing a review of three books on feminism and science, and its about social constructionism. So I would say Im a social constructionist, whatever that means. – Clifford Geertz

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Science

One of the reasons I did this, because I wasnt really looking for another science fiction film, was that my daughter can see it. Shes 9 and its really a good film for all ages. – Sigourney Weaver

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Science

We have found that where science has progressed the farthest, the mind has but regained from nature that which the mind put into nature. – Arthur Eddington

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Science

Touch a scientist and you touch a child. – Ray Bradbury

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