Already we have turned all of our critical industries, all of our
material resources, over to these . . . things . . . these lumps
of silver and paste we call nanorobots. And now we propose to teach
them intelligence? What, pray tell, will we do when these little
homunculi awaken one day and announce that they have no further need
of us?
-- Sister Miriam Godwinson,
"We Must Dissent"
material resources, over to these . . . things . . . these lumps
of silver and paste we call nanorobots. And now we propose to teach
them intelligence? What, pray tell, will we do when these little
homunculi awaken one day and announce that they have no further need
of us?
-- Sister Miriam Godwinson,
"We Must Dissent"
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- Will we next create false gods to rule over us? How proud
we have become,
and how blind. -- Sister Miriam Godwinson... - And so we return again to the holy void. Some say this is simply our
destiny,
but I would have you remember always that the void... - And what of the immortal soul in such transactions?
Can this machine transmit and reattach it as well?... - Men in their arrogance claim to understand the nature of creation,
and devise elaborate theories to describe its behavior... - Even if we put all these nagging thoughts [four embarrassing questions about
astrology] aside for a moment,
one overriding question remains to be asked. Why would... - When we walk to the edge of all the light we have and take the step into
the darkness of the unknown,
we must believe that one of two things will happen... - We all have failures. The question is,
what do we do with them... - We all have our darker side. We need it; it's half of what
we are.
It's not really ugly, it's human. -- McCoy, "The Enemy... - ALL USERS PLEASE NOTE ========================
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