--- title: "1 Delusions of grandeur Quotes By Peter Watts" description: "1 Delusions of grandeur quotes by Peter Watts. Plus more from Peter Watts and more Delusions of grandeur sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b35/peter-watts-4020_delusions_we-were-all-in-it-together-of-course-des_1716595.png" --- > [“We were all in it together, of course, desperate to regain some hypothetical upper hand by any means necessary.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/we-were-all-in-it-together-of-course-desperate-to-regain-some/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b35/peter-watts-4020_delusions_we-were-all-in-it-together-of-course-des_1716595.png) ## More by Peter Watts > [People aren't rational. We're not thinking machines, we're - we're feeling machines that happen to think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/people-aren-t-rational-we-re-not-thinking-machines-we-re-we-re/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) > [“You are all sleepwalkers, whether climbing creative peaks or slogging through some mundane routine for the thousandth time. You are all sleepwalkers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/you-are-all-sleepwalkers-whether-climbing-creative-peaks-or-slogging/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) > [“Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then stumble upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/evolution-has-no-foresight-complex-machinery-develops-its-own-agendas/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) > [“The Zodiac had rearranged itself into a precise grid of bright points with luminous tails. It was as though the whole planet had been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/the-zodiac-had-rearranged-itself-into-a-precise-grid-of-bright-points/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) > [There's no such things as survival of the fittest. Survival of the most adequate, maybe. It doesn't matter whether a solution's optimal. All that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/there-s-no-such-things-as-survival-of-the-fittest-survival-of-the/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) > [“So much anger in here. So much hate. So much to take out on someone. This time it's going to count. She's adrift in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/so-much-anger-in-here-so-much-hate-so-much-to-take-out-on-someone/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) > [The most altruistic and sustainable philosophies fail before the brute brain stem imperative of self-interest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/the-most-altruistic-and-sustainable-philosophies-fail-before-the/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) > [“I brought her flowers one dusky Tuesday evening when the light was perfect. I pointed out the irony of that romantic old tradition— the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/i-brought-her-flowers-one-dusky-tuesday-evening-when-the-light-was/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) > [“Ludzie naprawdę nie walczą o odcień skóry czy ideologię – to tylko wygodne wskazówki do identyfikacji „swoich”. Wyszystko zawsze sprowadza się do więzów krwi…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/ludzie-naprawd-nie-walcz-o-odcie-sk-ry-czy-ideologi-to-tylko-wygodne/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) > [I really wanted to talk to her. I just couldn't find an algorithm that fit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/i-really-wanted-to-talk-to-her-i-just-couldn-t-find-an-algorithm-that/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) > [“I know your race and mine are never on the best of terms." There was a cold smile in his voice if not on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/i-know-your-race-and-mine-are-never-on-the-best-of-terms-there-was-a/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) > [If believing absurd falsehoods increase the odds of getting laid or avoiding predators, your brain will believe those falsehoods with all its metaphorical little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/if-believing-absurd-falsehoods-increase-the-odds-of-getting-laid-or/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) > [We are not thinking machines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/we-are-not-thinking-machines/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) > [“The math was irrefutable: The one winning strategy was concealment. Only fools revealed their birthdays.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/the-math-was-irrefutable-the-one-winning-strategy-was-concealment/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) > [“Hey, chaotic trajectories are just as deterministic as any other kind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/hey-chaotic-trajectories-are-just-as-deterministic-as-any-other-kind/) [Peter Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-watts/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/delusions-of-grandeur/peter-watts/#itemlist", "name": "1 Delusions of grandeur Quotes By Peter Watts", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We were all in it together, of course, desperate to regain some hypothetical upper hand by any means necessary.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peter Watts" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-watts/we-were-all-in-it-together-of-course-desperate-to-regain-some/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b35/peter-watts-4020_delusions_we-were-all-in-it-together-of-course-des_1716595.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b35/peter-watts-4020_delusions_we-were-all-in-it-together-of-course-des_1716595.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b35/peter-watts-4020_delusions_we-were-all-in-it-together-of-course-des_1716595.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We were all in it together, of course, desperate to regain some hypothetical upper hand by any means…” — Peter Watts", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/delusions-of-grandeur/peter-watts/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/delusions-of-grandeur/peter-watts/", "name": "Delusions of grandeur Quotes by Peter Watts", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/delusions-of-grandeur/peter-watts/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b35/peter-watts-4020_delusions_we-were-all-in-it-together-of-course-des_1716595.png" }, "description": "1 Delusions of grandeur quotes by Peter Watts. 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