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Peter Watts quotes: The smallest multicorp killed more people than all the sex killers who ever lived, for a fucking profit margin - and the WTO gave them awards for it. The smallest multicorp killed more people than all the sex killers who ever lived, for a fucking profit margin - and the WTO gave them awards for it.
Peter Watts quotes: It's kind of like a Zen thing. Like playing the piano, or being a centipede in Heaven. It's kind of like a Zen thing. Like playing the piano, or being a centipede in Heaven.
Peter Watts quotes: Electrophoresis. Electrophoresis.
Peter Watts quotes: But pattern-matching doesn't equal comprehension. But pattern-matching doesn't equal comprehension.
Peter Watts quotes: We're on the bleeding edge of theistic virology here. We're on the bleeding edge of theistic virology here.
Peter Watts quotes: We were all in it together, of course, desperate to regain some hypothetical upper hand by any means necessary. We were all in it together, of course, desperate to regain some hypothetical upper hand by any means necessary.
Peter Watts quotes: You can't kill the thing under the bed. You can only keep it outside the covers. You can't kill the thing under the bed. You can only keep it outside the covers.
Peter Watts quotes: I don't understand how meat like you survived to adulthood. I don't understand how meat like you survived to adulthood.
Peter Watts quotes: The neurological condition of echopraxia is to autonomy as blindsight is to consciousness. The neurological condition of echopraxia is to autonomy as blindsight is to consciousness.
Peter Watts quotes: What is Human history, if not an ongoing succession of greater technologies grinding lesser ones beneath their boots? What is Human history, if not an ongoing succession of greater technologies grinding lesser ones beneath their boots?
Peter Watts quotes: So many things constrain us, from so many directions. So many things constrain us, from so many directions.
Peter Watts quotes: You can't turn a sunset into a string of grunts without losing something. You can't turn a sunset into a string of grunts without losing something.
Peter Watts quotes: We are not thinking machines ... We are not thinking machines ...
Peter Watts quotes: Stars, everywhere. So many stars that I could not for the life meunderstand how the sky could contain them all yet be so black. Stars, everywhere. So many stars that I could not for the life me
understand how the sky could contain them all yet be so black.
Peter Watts quotes: It's not in the nature of the lamb to mourn the lion. It's not in the nature of the lamb to mourn the lion.
Peter Watts quotes: But deceleration is for pansies. We're headed for the stars. But deceleration is for pansies. We're headed for the stars.
Peter Watts quotes: The game is never over; there's no finish line this side of heat death. The game is never over; there's no finish line this side of heat death.
Peter Watts quotes: Innately affectionate, and innately afraid of unreturned affection, and indomitably unwilling to let any of that stop her. Innately affectionate, and innately afraid of unreturned affection, and indomitably unwilling to let any of that stop her.
Peter Watts quotes: We're hard-core realists - we just pay lip service to death and decay and keep right on feeling immortal anyway. We're hard-core realists - we just pay lip service to death and decay and keep right on feeling immortal anyway.
Peter Watts quotes: And now the game is over, and a single pawn stands on that scorched board and its face is human after all. And now the game is over, and a single pawn stands on that scorched board and its face is human after all.
Peter Watts quotes: You're the first person I've seen here who's actually dressed like a monk." "It's a bathrobe. You're the first person I've seen here who's actually dressed like a monk." "It's a bathrobe.
Peter Watts quotes: you gotta let go of this whole self thing. Identity changes by the second, you turn into someone else every time a new thought rewires your brain. you gotta let go of this whole self thing. Identity changes by the second, you turn into someone else every time a new thought rewires your brain.
Peter Watts quotes: The math was irrefutable: The one winning strategy was concealment. Only fools revealed their birthdays. The math was irrefutable: The one winning strategy was concealment. Only fools revealed their birthdays.
Peter Watts quotes: Fhat thouding do're. Fhat thouding do're.
Peter Watts quotes: Not even Lucifer left Heaven until he was pushed. Not even Lucifer left Heaven until he was pushed.
Peter Watts quotes: ALL ANIMALS ARE UNDER STRINGENT SELECTION PRESSURE TO BE AS STUPID AS THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH. - PETE RICHERSON AND ROBERT BOYD ALL ANIMALS ARE UNDER STRINGENT SELECTION PRESSURE TO BE AS STUPID AS THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH. - PETE RICHERSON AND ROBERT BOYD
Peter Watts quotes: Radar is too long in the tooth for fine detail. Radar is too long in the tooth for fine detail.
Peter Watts quotes: Sometimes when you see too much, you miss a lot. Sometimes when you see too much, you miss a lot.
Peter Watts quotes: Technology implies belligerence. Technology implies belligerence.
Peter Watts quotes: Perfection's unattainable but it isn't unapproachable. Perfection's unattainable but it isn't unapproachable.
Peter Watts quotes: Pack animals always tear apart the weaklings in their midst. Every child knows that much instinctively. Pack animals always tear apart the weaklings in their midst. Every child knows that much instinctively.
Peter Watts quotes: How do you say 'We come in peace' when the very words are an act of war? How do you say 'We come in peace' when the very words are an act of war?
Peter Watts quotes: The great thing about making yourself the villain is nobody's likely to contradict you. The great thing about making yourself the villain is nobody's likely to contradict you.
Peter Watts quotes: You can't see why anyone wouldn't want to wallow in the sheer beauty of language. You can't see why anyone wouldn't want to wallow in the sheer beauty of language.
Peter Watts quotes: You'll just have to imagine You'll just have to imagine
Peter Watts quotes: You think there's something bigger than you out there, you f*****g well keep your head down and hope it doesn't notice. You think there's something bigger than you out there, you f*****g well keep your head down and hope it doesn't notice.
Peter Watts quotes: Hey, chaotic trajectories are just as deterministic as any other kind. Hey, chaotic trajectories are just as deterministic as any other kind.
Peter Watts quotes: We all come into the story halfway through, we all catch up as best we can, and we're all gonna die before it ends. We all come into the story halfway through, we all catch up as best we can, and we're all gonna die before it ends.
Peter Watts quotes: Mind out of the gutter, Suze. Eros is only one kind of love, eh? Ancient Greeks recognised four. Mind out of the gutter, Suze. Eros is only one kind of love, eh? Ancient Greeks recognised four.
Peter Watts quotes: Thanks to a vampire and a boatload of freaks and an invading alien horde, I'm Human again. Thanks to a vampire and a boatload of freaks and an invading alien horde, I'm Human again.
Peter Watts quotes: Nobody used an industrial vortex engine to run kitchen appliances. Nobody used an industrial vortex engine to run kitchen appliances.
Peter Watts quotes: Floaters swarmed through his eyeballs like schools of panicked fish. Floaters swarmed through his eyeballs like schools of panicked fish.
Peter Watts quotes: Even God can't plan for everything. Too many variables. Even God can't plan for everything. Too many variables.
Peter Watts quotes: The laws of physics were the OS of some inconceivable supercomputer called reality. The laws of physics were the OS of some inconceivable supercomputer called reality.
Peter Watts quotes: The longer it takes me to track you down, the more hope you have of escaping. The longer it takes me to track you down, the more hope you have of escaping.
Peter Watts quotes: The only reason we were here was because nobody had yet optimized software for First Contact. The only reason we were here was because nobody had yet optimized software for First Contact.
Peter Watts quotes: The moved and the shaken. The moved and the shaken.
Peter Watts quotes: Szpindel's eyebrows drew together like courting caterpillars. Szpindel's eyebrows drew together like courting caterpillars.
Peter Watts quotes: I was just a tattletale for small minds back home. I was just a tattletale for small minds back home.
Peter Watts quotes: The Gang of Four may have run multiple systems on a single motherboard, but each had its own distinct topology and they only surfaced one at a time. The Gang of Four may have run multiple systems on a single motherboard, but each had its own distinct topology and they only surfaced one at a time.
Peter Watts quotes: People have an unfortunate habit of assuming they understand the reality just because they understood the analogy. You People have an unfortunate habit of assuming they understand the reality just because they understood the analogy. You
Peter Watts quotes: I really wanted to talk to her.I just couldn't find an algorithm that fit. I really wanted to talk to her.
I just couldn't find an algorithm that fit.
Peter Watts quotes: People put a lot less effort into picking apart evidence that confirms what they already believe. People put a lot less effort into picking apart evidence that confirms what they already believe.
Peter Watts quotes: When you're undead, the emphasis is on the second syllable. When you're undead, the emphasis is on the second syllable.
Peter Watts quotes: Everything's an act. Everything's strategy. Everything's an act. Everything's strategy.
Peter Watts quotes: What's the difference between being dead, and just not knowing you're alive? What's the difference between being dead, and just not knowing you're alive?
Peter Watts quotes: It's the anthropic principle's evil twin, he thought. It's the anthropic principle's evil twin, he thought.
Peter Watts quotes: Plus it'll triple your assimilation rate over anything filtered through the senses. Perfect for porn. Plus it'll triple your assimilation rate over anything filtered through the senses. Perfect for porn.
Peter Watts quotes: Point of view matters: I see that now, blind, talking to myself, trapped in a coffin falling past the edge of the solar system. I Point of view matters: I see that now, blind, talking to myself, trapped in a coffin falling past the edge of the solar system. I
Peter Watts quotes: People aren't rational. We're not thinking machines, we're - we're feeling machines that happen to think. People aren't rational. We're not thinking machines, we're - we're feeling machines that happen to think.
Peter Watts quotes: I could be the only sentient being in the universe. If I'm even that much. Because I don't know if there is such a thing as a reliable narrator. I could be the only sentient being in the universe. If I'm even that much. Because I don't know if there is such a thing as a reliable narrator.
Peter Watts quotes: All science ever did was measure a teensy sliver of the universe and assume that everything else behaved the same way. All science ever did was measure a teensy sliver of the universe and assume that everything else behaved the same way.
Peter Watts quotes: But then I remembered: the universe was closed, and so very small. There was really nowhere else to go. But then I remembered: the universe was closed, and so very small. There was really nowhere else to go.
Peter Watts quotes: If the rest of your brain were conscious, it would probably regard you as the pointy-haired boss from Dilbert If the rest of your brain were conscious, it would probably regard you as the pointy-haired boss from Dilbert
Peter Watts quotes: You ever try holding, say, even a single chapter of a novel in your head? Consciously? All at once? You ever try holding, say, even a single chapter of a novel in your head? Consciously? All at once?
Peter Watts quotes: Nobody gets a good view of a system from the inside, no matter who they are. The view's distorted. Nobody gets a good view of a system from the inside, no matter who they are. The view's distorted.
Peter Watts quotes: At least with the Catholics, you know that when someone hands you a cracker there's gonna be wine in the mix at some point. At least with the Catholics, you know that when someone hands you a cracker there's gonna be wine in the mix at some point.
Peter Watts quotes: Cities are the graveyard of Mankind. Cities are the graveyard of Mankind.
Peter Watts quotes: [T]hey don't care about realpolitik or the big picture. They only care about monkey-wrenching and whistle blowing. [T]hey don't care about realpolitik or the big picture. They only care about monkey-wrenching and whistle blowing.
Peter Watts quotes: What's the survival value of obsessing on a sunset? What's the survival value of obsessing on a sunset?
Peter Watts quotes: Truth had never been a priority. If believing a lie kept the genes proliferating, the system would believe that lie with all its heart. Truth had never been a priority. If believing a lie kept the genes proliferating, the system would believe that lie with all its heart.
Peter Watts quotes: The static's nice. I could do without the screeching.""Are you kidding? That's the music of the spheres, commissar. It's beautiful. Like old jazz. The static's nice. I could do without the screeching."
"Are you kidding? That's the music of the spheres, commissar. It's beautiful. Like old jazz.
Peter Watts quotes: My friend. And by the time she gets over that jarring idea, she's alone again. My friend. And by the time she gets over that jarring idea, she's alone again.
Peter Watts quotes: Property damage is so much easier to live with than murder. Property damage is so much easier to live with than murder.
Peter Watts quotes: Psychopathy's no disorder in those shoes, eh? Just a survival strategy. Psychopathy's no disorder in those shoes, eh? Just a survival strategy.
Peter Watts quotes: PREDATORS RUN FOR THEIR DINNER. PREY RUN FOR THEIR LIVES. PREDATORS RUN FOR THEIR DINNER. PREY RUN FOR THEIR LIVES.
Peter Watts quotes: Newton's First was a real bitch, not open to negotiation. Newton's First was a real bitch, not open to negotiation.
Peter Watts quotes: never humanize your victims. It shouldn't have been such an issue when dealing with methane-breathing medusae. never humanize your victims. It shouldn't have been such an issue when dealing with methane-breathing medusae.
Peter Watts quotes: Beowulf's Bane, an exotic glowing fungus that ate the flesh of elves, bore an uncanny resemblance to those of necrotizing fasciitis. Beowulf's Bane, an exotic glowing fungus that ate the flesh of elves, bore an uncanny resemblance to those of necrotizing fasciitis.
Peter Watts quotes: The vampires win every time. The vampires win every time.
Peter Watts quotes: Dogs are always going to come up short if you insist on defining them as a weird kind of cat. Dogs are always going to come up short if you insist on defining them as a weird kind of cat.
Peter Watts quotes: She can still feel the memory of what it was to be fully human, and mistake that ghost for honest sensation. She can still feel the memory of what it was to be fully human, and mistake that ghost for honest sensation.
Peter Watts quotes: What, you stay awake when you exercise? You don't find it, um, boring? What, you stay awake when you exercise? You don't find it, um, boring?
Peter Watts quotes: This is it. The final conscious experience. Enjoy it while it lasts. This is it. The final conscious experience. Enjoy it while it lasts.
Peter Watts quotes: I know this hasn't been a seamless narrative. I've had to shatter the story and string its fragments out along a death lasting decades. I know this hasn't been a seamless narrative. I've had to shatter the story and string its fragments out along a death lasting decades.
Peter Watts quotes: Failure to converge. Confidence limits exceeded.Further predictions unreliable. Failure to converge. Confidence limits exceeded.
Further predictions unreliable.
Peter Watts quotes: Planck length and Planck time had always looked a bit too much like pixel dimensions for comfort. Planck length and Planck time had always looked a bit too much like pixel dimensions for comfort.
Peter Watts quotes: Everyone's running from something. Everyone's running from something.
Peter Watts quotes: Brains are survival engines, not truth detectors. Brains are survival engines, not truth detectors.
Peter Watts quotes: You had hoped that smarter creatures would be wiser ones. You had hoped that smarter creatures would be wiser ones.
Peter Watts quotes: Tools exist for only one reason: to force the universe into unnatural shapes. Tools exist for only one reason: to force the universe into unnatural shapes.
Peter Watts quotes: Everyone's got intimacy issues these days, in case you hadn't noticed. He must have; the population had been dropping for decades. Everyone's got intimacy issues these days, in case you hadn't noticed. He must have; the population had been dropping for decades.
Peter Watts quotes: If you can see it, chances are it doesn't exist. If you can see it, chances are it doesn't exist.
Peter Watts quotes: God is a sadist on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, and His name is Physics. God is a sadist on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, and His name is Physics.
Peter Watts quotes: I visited blathernodes, soaked myself in other people's opinions. I visited blathernodes, soaked myself in other people's opinions.
Peter Watts quotes: And besides, positing universe as program didn't seem to answer the Big Questions so much as kick them down the road another order of magnitude. And besides, positing universe as program didn't seem to answer the Big Questions so much as kick them down the road another order of magnitude.
Peter Watts quotes: If there's one thing I'm the world's greatest expert on, it's how it feels to be me. And If there's one thing I'm the world's greatest expert on, it's how it feels to be me. And
Peter Watts quotes: This is how you communicate with a fellow intelligence: You hurt it, you keep on hurting it, until you can distinguish the speech from the screams. This is how you communicate with a fellow intelligence: You hurt it, you keep on hurting it, until you can distinguish the speech from the screams.
Peter Watts quotes: By now it's got as much in common with its origins as a humpback whale would have with the sperm cells from a therapsid lizard. Still, By now it's got as much in common with its origins as a humpback whale would have with the sperm cells from a therapsid lizard. Still,
Peter Watts quotes: The most altruistic and sustainable philosophies fail before the brute brain stem imperative of self-interest. The most altruistic and sustainable philosophies fail before the brute brain stem imperative of self-interest.

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