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Jun 15, 2006

The Encyclopaedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical...
The Encyclopaedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man. The marketing division of Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot as 'Your Plastic Pal Who's Fun To Be With'. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy defines...

The energy produced by the breaking down of the atom is a very...
The energy produced by the breaking down of the atom is a very poor kind of thing. Anyone who expects a source of power from the transformation of these atoms is talking moonshine. -- Ernest Rutherford, after he had split the atom for...

The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is the most...
The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is the most likely to be correct. -- William of Occam

The feeling persists that no one can simultaneously be...
The feeling persists that no one can simultaneously be a respectable writer and understand how a refrigerator works, just as no gentleman wears a brown suit in the city. Colleges may be to blame. English majors are encouraged, I know, to hate chemistry and physics, and...

The following statement is not true. The previous statement...
The following statement is not true. The previous statement is true.

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