It is not so much that I have confidence in scientists being right, but that I have so much in nonscientists being wrong.
ISAAC ASIMOVAny teacher that can be replaced by a computer should be replaced by a computer.
More Isaac Asimov Quotes
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Uncertainty that comes from knowledge (knowing what you don’t know) is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
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When asked for advice by beginners. Know your ending, I say, or the river of your story may finally sink into the desert sands and never reach the sea.
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Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket.
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Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.
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The cure for advanced gullibility is to go to sleep and consider matters again the next day.
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The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.
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People think of education as something that they can finish.
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I wish that I could say I was optimistic about the human race. I love us all, but we are so stupid and shortsighted that I wonder if we can lift our eyes to the world about us long enough not to commit suicide.
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Life is a journey, but don’t worry, you’ll find a parking spot at the end.
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No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
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The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.
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When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.
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Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.
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Any fool can tell a crisis when it arrives. The real service to the state is to detect it in embryo.
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I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
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