“Growing up,” he said, “my favorite author was Isaac Asimov, the science fiction writer. Have any of you ever read the short… — Douglas E. Richards Asimov Copy Share Image
“He says we’ve evolved to be selfish, cruel, and horrible in every way. But we’ve also evolved to be compassionate, loving, loyal,… — Douglas E. Richards Copy Share Image
“This is awesome,” he announced. “No more endless chatter. No more vicious, ugly thoughts from kids and parents and bosses and employees.… — Douglas E. Richards Announced Copy Share Image
“Time, like gravity, was a barrier thrown up by an unyielding universe. Mankind had always railed against both of these barriers, forever… — Douglas E. Richards Clock Copy Share Image
“Either your couch just gave birth to a litter of throw pillows, or you have a woman living here.” “You” — Douglas E. Richards Copy Share Image
“Who knew that sex was so much better when the relationship had nothing to do with sex? And” — Douglas E. Richards Copy Share Image
“The neural structure of our brains is constantly changing. So why do we think we can achieve AGI using immovable components?” — Douglas E. Richards Brain Copy Share Image
“So God wishes to experience. He wants to transform potential into this experience. Haisch uses the example of a game. Playing it… — Douglas E. Richards Game Playing Copy Share Image
“Sun Tzu thousands of years earlier: All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when… — Douglas E. Richards Deception Copy Share Image
“The total kinetic energy an object picks up by being in motion is half of its mass times its velocity squared. So… — Douglas E. Richards Kinetic energy Copy Share Image
“Maybe it would be well understood in this far future time that resilience, determination, refusal to accept defeat, and ability to bounce… — Douglas E. Richards Failure Copy Share Image
“Would a coward or a thief remain a coward or a thief, even if his memory slate was wiped clean? Or could… — Douglas E. Richards Courage Copy Share Image
“Great. And Jack . . . fantastic work.” Knight was about to end the connection when he noticed Rourk’s arm once again.… — Douglas E. Richards Copy Share Image
“He had expected, at minimum, to be able to examine tread marks and a trail of crushed vegetation and small trees the… — Douglas E. Richards Copy Share Image
“It’s impossible to say. Normal motives don’t necessarily apply to psychopathic personalities. Jeffrey Dahmer murdered and cannibalized seventeen people, three of whose… — Douglas E. Richards Copy Share Image
“There have been thousands of different religions through time. And the followers of each of these religions believe that their founders received… — Douglas E. Richards Different religions Copy Share Image
“had a test in school and I studied for an entire week, night and day. My friend spent the entire week playing… — Douglas E. Richards Copy Share Image
“Presidents could be fickle and arbitrary. Each new one with wildly different visions and priorities. And when all was said and done,… — Douglas E. Richards Dreams Copy Share Image
“Who cares if you know for sure that many millions will ignore the law, and thousands will die each year because of… — Douglas E. Richards Cell phone Copy Share Image
“Right after high school, Fisher had already decided what he would do with his life. He would aim for the ultimate heights,… — Douglas E. Richards Help others Copy Share Image
“Unless you truly believed in something to the deepest depth of your being, as did Delamater, all men were whores in the… — Douglas E. Richards Joke Copy Share Image
“You get a new suit of skin every month and a new liver every six weeks. The lining of your stomach lasts… — Douglas E. Richards Copy Share Image
“unlike a computer, the brain is controlling our every movement, breath, heartbeat, and blink of an eye, and even our every emotion.… — Douglas E. Richards Blink of an eye Copy Share Image
“If an American soldier was too decent to shoot through these helpless human shields he would die. If he did defend himself… — Douglas E. Richards American military Copy Share Image
“Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (2014) by Nick Bostrom, a Professor at Oxford.” — Douglas E. Richards Copy Share Image
“Also, I’ll want to scan your brain using the ultra-high-resolution MRI at our main facility. I need to confirm Kelvin’s data as… — Douglas E. Richards Copy Share Image
“Intuition is just your subconscious putting together subtle clues and coming to a conclusion that your conscious mind hasn’t quite reached.” — Douglas E. Richards Conscious mind Copy Share Image
“She could stay out all night without feeling the least bit tired, but when she first awoke she felt like a slug.… — Douglas E. Richards Copy Share Image
“Trees are still more soothing than steel and cement, despite the lack of a purely intellectual argument as to why this should… — Douglas E. Richards Flower Copy Share Image
“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, moves on: nor all thy piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half… — Douglas E. Richards Copy Share Image
“And while looks deteriorated with time, a great personality and great chemistry only strengthened.” — Douglas E. Richards Beauty Copy Share Image
“Faraday, Maxwell and the Electromagnetic Field: How Two Men Revolutionized Physics, by Nancy Forbes and Basil Mahon.” — Douglas E. Richards Faraday Copy Share Image
“The room fell silent as everyone considered what living under the rule of an unstable genius might be like. “Would” — Douglas E. Richards Intelligence Copy Share Image
“Thanks for reading MIND’S EYE! I hope that you enjoyed it. If so, Nick Hall will return in BRAINWEB, available in February… — Douglas E. Richards Gratitude Copy Share Image
“everyone is a narcissist. Our generation grew up thinking that everyone wants us to Tweet them our every thought. We can’t wait… — Douglas E. Richards Narcissist Copy Share Image
“I assume you’re familiar with quantum entanglement. Everything in the universe is connected in some way with every other thing. Drove Einstein… — Douglas E. Richards Intelligence Copy Share Image
“It never ceased to amaze him the power of the sex drive. No matter how intelligent and rational a person was otherwise,… — Douglas E. Richards Motivation Copy Share Image
