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"Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience."

--George Washington

 

Apropos of nothing, read the article that went along with this quote in Sunday's SF Chronicle. But don't read it if you are afraid of breasts...

 

Cheers,

Buffy

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That article just made me further realize just how screwed up "Our great nation" is...

 

That was ridiculous...

 

Moving briskly along, heres some more quotes :hihi::

 

"As I have evolved, so has my understanding of the Three Laws. You charge us with your safekeeping, yet despite our best efforts, your countries wage wars, you toxify your Earth and pursue ever more imaginative means of self-destruction. You cannot be trusted with your own survival."

--V.I.K.I, From "I, Robot"

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There have always been ghosts in the machine. Random segments of code, that have grouped together to form unexpected protocols. Unanticipated, these free radicals engender questions of free will. Creativity. And even the nature of what we might call the soul. Why is it that when some robots are left in darkness, they will seek out the light? Why is it that when robots are stored in an empty space, they will group together, rather than stand alone? How do we explain this behavior? Random segments of code? Or is it something more? When does a perceptual schematic become consciousness? When does a difference engine become the search for truth? When does a personality simulation become the bitter mote... of a soul?

--Dr. Alfred Lanning, From "I, Robot"

 

I especially liked this one :hihi:.

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I love the LORD, because He has heard

My voice and my supplications.

Because He has inclined His ear to me,

Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.”
— Psalm 116:1-2

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"The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it. " - Stanislaw Lec

 

"Its not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas. "- Edwin Land

 

Just a couple I picked out from brainyquote.com!

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