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“Science fiction is the WikiLeaks of science, getting word to the public about what cutting-edge research really means.”

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Naturally, one does not normally discuss plans to commit murder with the intended victim.

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Not wanting to die was another universal constant, it seemed.

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I'm much more interested in writing about the things that engage and enrage me as an adult rather than in wallowing in childhood sorrows.

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Our job is not to predict the future. Rather, it's to suggest all the possible futures - so that society can make informed decisions…

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That natural selection can produce changes within a type is disputed by no one, not even the staunchest creationist. But that it can transform…

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“You really did uplift me. You gave me the perspective and point of view and focus I needed to become truly conscious. Without you,…

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I'm often characterized as an optimistic writer, and certainly my 'Neanderthal Parallax' and 'WWW' trilogies shade toward the utopian. I like to think that's…

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I started wondering why it is that people line up behind charismatic leaders. It's easy to understand the emergence of a figure who's narcissistic…

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When you're changing centuries, people get curious about the future.

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Real people are complex, contradictory, and have their own motivations - they can't just be mouthpieces for the writers' point of view.

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“All right,” he said. “Since you asked, Webmind is an emergent quantum-computational system based on a stable null-sigma condensate that resists decoherence thanks to…

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Social progress is a big thing for me. Although science fiction is traditionally concerned with the hard sciences, which is chemistry, physics, and, some…

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