"I think that in the immediate aftermath of a superhuman machine intelligence revealing itself, most people would feel very threatened but take solace in the thought that we can always pull the plug."

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Source : "What If Everything Went Straight to Hell?". Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com.

John L. Casti

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Aftermath Quotes

“I think that emotional content is an image's most important element, regardless of the photographic technique. Much of the work I see these days lacks the emotional impact to draw a reaction from viewers, or remain in their hearts.”
“There is no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity”
“Don't tell me to leave-you leave. If Obama, if Clinton, if Mittens Romney, if Rick Santorum, if Neutered Gingrich, if Herman '999 666' Cain, if Michelle Bachmann, if Sarah Palin, if Harry Reid-if any of these people want to tell me to leave because I don't believe their BS, come over and we can talk. You want to go man-to-man with me? We could go at it. Don't send one of your flunkies.”
“I didn't kill innocent people.”
“No one will ever win four [Super Bowls] in six years again. It won't happen. You can chisel that sucker in stone.”
“The truth was this: Love is a decision.”

Source : Karen Kingsbury, Gary Smalley (2010). “Redemption”, p.39, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
“Then going out on the ice usually about 15 minutes before and certain things I would do for the different races, aspects that you run through your mind.”

Source : "Eric Heiden 25: An exclusive interview". Interview with Charlie Snyder, snyderemarks.com. February 17, 2005.
“[Mullah Omar] gave himself this religious title. So it was something that all those people there who swore an oath of loyalty to him as a religious leader could not easily get rid of.”

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