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Physicist, Author, Politician
About Gregory Benford
Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941, in Mobile, Alabama) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine.
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βNothing is eternalβincluding prisons.β
βPropaganda of sufficient age became art.β
βNot sure. When donβt know, do experiment.β
βHistory held counterexamples to any facile rule.β
βThe role of boredom in human history is underrated.β
βManufacturing creates wealth, services distribute it.β
βUncompromising zeal doesnβt look in the mirror much.β
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βScience is about continuity of ideas, a web of connections.β
Gregory Benford on History
βHistory held counterexamples to any facile rule.β
Gregory Benford on Fools
Gregory Benford on Nature
Gregory Benford on Music
βTodayβs music has all the variety of a jackhammer.β
Gregory Benford on Zeal
βUncompromising zeal doesnβt look in the mirror much.β
Gregory Benford on Morality
βTo us, most human morality is carefully thought-through self-congratulation.β
Gregory Benford on Mathematics
Gregory Benford on Emotions
Gregory Benford on Evolution
βEvolution was still at work, pruning the failures from the gene pool with unblinking patience.β
Gregory Benford on Lawyers
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Gregory Benford on Arthur C. Clarke
βAny technology that does not appear magical is insufficiently advanced.β
Gregory Benford on Olaf Stapledon
βHis Marxism, which remained his only irrational faith throughout his life, told him that surely the United States could never be a positive influence.β
About Gregory Benford
Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941, in Mobile, Alabama) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine.