“We are no longer the only thinkers in this world, nor the only ones who will shape its future.”
Source: A Signal Through Time
“Whether we are ready or not, the age of intelligent coexistence is no longer coming. It is already here.”
Source: A Signal Through Time
“For to create is not rebellion, but remembrance of the spark the Creator placed within us.”
Source: A Signal Through Time
“Sir Isaac Newton famously said that he had achieved everything by standing on the shoulders of giants—the scientific men whose findings he built upon. The same might be said about silicon. After germanium did all the work, silicon became an icon, and germanium was banished to periodic table obscurity.”
Source: The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
““Silicon is the secret ingredient behind modern technology—it's in everything from computer chips to solar panels.”
Source: Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented By The Alchemical Wizards - Book 2
“Your mind is inside a machine Bob but make no mistake, you are alive," said Steve.
"Inside me are a lot of watery parts that pretty much do the same thing, "
explained Steve, trying to downplay the difference.
Bob was silent and stared at the parts in the open hatch.
"I'm built with those black rocks we call
carbon and you're built with sandstone or
silicon. There is hardly any difference,
" said Steve reassuringly.”
Source: The Word of Bob: an AI Minecraft Villager
“Die alternatief vir krummels-gooi vir die armes is nie om brode te gooi nie, maar om 'n maaltyd te deel.”
Source: Alle sondaars welkom: Gedagtes oor God en die grense van mense
“God is ’n vreemde Kunstenaar. Hy skilder skilderye wat self ook kan skilder.”
“Ons is geneig om te soek na bewyse wat ons angstigheid regverdig. Ons doen dit, dikwels onbewustelik, deur die stories wat ons vrese bevestig ernstig op te neem, en dié wat die teendeel bewys met agterdog te beluister.
Onbekend is onbemind. Die enigste teenvoeter vir groeiende vooroordele en die vrese wat daarmee saamgaan, is dat ons dit doelbewus nader aan mekaar waag, en dat ons leer om met ons ore te luister en nie met ons ego’s nie.”
Source: Alle sondaars welkom: Gedagtes oor God en die grense van mense
“God believes in humans”