An atom-blaster is a good weapon, but it can point both ways.
Isaac Asimov
Weapons, Technology, Power, Science, Conflict, Danger
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“Now any dogma, based primarily on faith and emotionalism, is a dangerous weapon to use on others, since it is almost impossible to guarantee that the weapon will never be turned on the user.” Isaac Asimov
Dogma Danger, Faith Beliefs, Emotionalism, Philosophy, Thinking, Influence
Isaac Asimov Dogma Danger, Faith Beliefs, Emotionalism, Philosophy, Thinking, Influence“Words are a pretty fuzzy substitute for mathematical equations.” Isaac Asimov
Words, Math, Language, Equations, Precision, Communication
Isaac Asimov Words, Math, Language, Equations, Precision, Communication“It is precisely because it is fashionable for Americans to know no science, even though they may be well educated otherwise, that they so easily fall prey to nonsense.” Isaac Asimov
Scientific Literacy, Educational Gaps, Avoiding Nonsense, Science, Education, Literacy
Isaac Asimov Scientific Literacy, Educational Gaps, Avoiding Nonsense, Science, Education, Literacy“It was a long time since he’d done any actual clinical work, and obviously his sojourn among the academics at Saro University had attenuated the professional detachment that allows members of the healing arts to confront the ill without being overwhelmed by compassion and sorrow. He was surprised at that, how tenderhearted he seemed to have become, how thin-skinned.” Isaac Asimov
Medicine, Compassion, Humanity, Healing, Change, Sorrow
Isaac Asimov Medicine, Compassion, Humanity, Healing, Change, Sorrow“Supongo que no hay manera de hacer regresar la nube con forma de hongo a esa bonita y reluciente esfera de uranio.” Isaac Asimov
Nuclear Cloud, Irreversible Actions, Atomic Legacy, Nuclear, Cloud, Actions
Isaac Asimov Nuclear Cloud, Irreversible Actions, Atomic Legacy, Nuclear, Cloud, Actions“Robots will neither be common nor very good in 2014, but they will be in existence.” Isaac Asimov
Robots Technology, Future Innovation, Automation Progress, Technological, Development, Machine
Isaac Asimov Robots Technology, Future Innovation, Automation Progress, Technological, Development, Machine“It seems to me that only someone who wishes for freedom can be free. I wish for freedom.” Isaac Asimov
Freedom, Desire, Choice, Will, Independence, Liberation
Isaac Asimov Freedom, Desire, Choice, Will, Independence, Liberation“I grow grandiose, which is a good sign I should become prosaic.” Isaac Asimov
Grandiose Humility, Self-Awareness, Balance, Writing, Expression, Humor
Isaac Asimov Grandiose Humility, Self-Awareness, Balance, Writing, Expression, Humor“Psychohistory was the quintessence of sociology; it was the science of human behavior reduced to mathematical equations. The individual human being is unpredictable, but the reactions of human mobs, Seldon found, could be treated statistically.” Isaac Asimov
Sociology Equations, Predictable Mobs, Psychohistory, Behavior, Sociology, Equations
Isaac Asimov Sociology Equations, Predictable Mobs, Psychohistory, Behavior, Sociology, Equations“Life originated in the sea, and about eighty percent of it is still there.” Isaac Asimov
Life, Sea, Ocean, Evolution, Nature, Biology
Isaac Asimov Life, Sea, Ocean, Evolution, Nature, Biology“How many people is the earth able to sustain?” Isaac Asimov
Earth Sustainability, Population Limit, Environment, Resources, Capacity, Growth
Isaac Asimov Earth Sustainability, Population Limit, Environment, Resources, Capacity, Growth“Do not forget that a traitor within our ranks, known to us, can do more harm to the enemy than a loyal man can do good to us.” Isaac Asimov
Traitor Strategy, Loyalty Paradox, Deception, Strategy, Betrayal, Trust
Isaac Asimov Traitor Strategy, Loyalty Paradox, Deception, Strategy, Betrayal, Trust“The great secret of the successful fool is that he’s no fool at all.” Isaac Asimov
Success, Fool, Intelligence, Secret, Achievement, Strategy
Isaac Asimov Success, Fool, Intelligence, Secret, Achievement, Strategy“There is no pleasure like the absence of pain – immediately after pain.” Isaac Asimov
Pleasure, Pain, Relief, Emotions, Experience, Recovery
Isaac Asimov Pleasure, Pain, Relief, Emotions, Experience, Recovery“A strong offensive is indicated. The stalemate you seem to be satisfied with is fatal. It would be a confession of weakness to all the worlds of the Periphery, where the appearance of strength is all-important, and there’s not one vulture among.” Isaac Asimov
Strategic Offense, Perceived Strength, Breaking Stalemates, Strength, Stalemate, Offense
Isaac Asimov Strategic Offense, Perceived Strength, Breaking Stalemates, Strength, Stalemate, Offense“It amounts to a diseased attitude – a conditioned reflex that shunts aside the independence of your minds whenever it is a question of opposing authority.” Isaac Asimov
Authority Opposition, Conditioned Reflex, Independence, Resistance, Thought, Power
Isaac Asimov Authority Opposition, Conditioned Reflex, Independence, Resistance, Thought, Power“All they have to do is refuse to believe it means death. The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.” Isaac Asimov
Problem Denial, Simplistic Solutions, Refusal, Ignorance, Reality, Death
Isaac Asimov Problem Denial, Simplistic Solutions, Refusal, Ignorance, Reality, Death“It is as much my job to prevent harm to mankind as a whole as yours is to prevent harm to man as an individual.” Isaac Asimov
Global Responsibility, Ethical Duty, Humanity Care, Responsibility, Harm, Humanity
Isaac Asimov Global Responsibility, Ethical Duty, Humanity Care, Responsibility, Harm, Humanity