Part 6, Chapter 3 (p. 324)
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“Boy, do I hate these holier-than-thou types.”
“Clerics.”
“Anybody who tries to hem science in, tell it what it can and cannot do. Boundaries are best defined by pushing against them. Expanding our horizons, our sense of wonder.”
She smiled. “There’s nothing holier than wow!?”
— Gregory Benford
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“Clerics.”
“Anybody who tries to hem science in, tell it what it can and cannot do. Boundaries are best defined by pushing against them. Expanding our horizons, our sense of wonder.”
She smiled. “There’s nothing holier than wow!?”" in the context of "Part 6, Chapter 3 (p. 324)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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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.
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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