“Tragically ironic, isn't it? How nuclear weapons represent both our species' mastery over the very foundations of nature, as well as our utter inability to master our most primitive instincts.” PhilosophyHuman NatureNuclear WeaponsApocalypseNuclear WarPost Apocalyptic Book:Mind Painter Source: Mind Painter
“He'd been younger then, when sex meant both nothing and everything.” LoveSexYouth Book:Mind Painter Source: Mind Painter
“There was no need to burn our ships upon arrival, like the explorers of old, to ensure the crew's dedication to the mission. Instead, we'd burned our home.” Science FictionClimate ChangeMarsScifiNuclear WarClimate CrisisSpace Colonization Book:Mind Painter Source: Mind Painter
“The story of Noah’s Ark, if you’re familiar, left out the part where the animal kingdom is repopulated entirely through rampant incest.” HumorFunnyScienceSurvivalScience FictionGeneticsGenetic EngineeringSpace Colonization Book:Mind Painter Source: Mind Painter
“The lights went down in the city, an artificial sun shining on the bay.” Nuclear WeaponsApocalypseSan Francisco Bay Book:Mind Painter Source: Mind Painter
“There's a brute fact at the end of every chain of causality. Some are just harder to accept than others. If you keep asking 'why' in any domain you eventually arrive at something that just seems to be true about reality, at least insofar as we understand it.” RealitySciencePhysicsPhilosphy Book:Mind Painter Source: Mind Painter