What did Rudy Rucker mean by: One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out thought experiments. - Rudy Rucker Mathematician and computer scientist · USA Copy
+ It’s soothing to realize that my mind’s processes are inherently uncontrollable. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rudy Rucker, Mind, Process, Realizing, 0 - Rudy Rucker Mathematician and computer scientist · USA
+ Lately I’ve been working to convince myself that everything is a computation. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rudy Rucker, Convince, 0 - Rudy Rucker Mathematician and computer scientist · USA
+ Computations are everywhere, once you begin to look at things in a certain way. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rudy Rucker, Rude, 0 - Rudy Rucker Mathematician and computer scientist · USA
+ Unfortunately our nation, nay, our world, is run by evil morons. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rudy Rucker, Evil, Our World, Running, 0 - Rudy Rucker Mathematician and computer scientist · USA
+ Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what happens. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rudy Rucker, Character, Rude, Work Out, 0 - Rudy Rucker Mathematician and computer scientist · USA
+ In any case, A New Kind of Science is a wonderful book, and I’m still absorbing its teachings. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rudy Rucker, Book, Rude, Teaching, 0 - Rudy Rucker Mathematician and computer scientist · USA
+ A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rudy Rucker, Process, 0 - Rudy Rucker Mathematician and computer scientist · USA
+ The world is magic. Science is but an insipid style of sorcery. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Rudy Rucker, Magic, Sorcery, Style, 0 - Rudy Rucker Mathematician and computer scientist · USA
Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than Fantasy. - Jean M. Auel Author
Part fact part fiction is what life is. And it is always a cover story. I wrote my way out. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
All fiction becomes autobiographical when the author has true talent. - Jeanne Moreau Actress · France
Going back to the noir fiction of the 30s, 40s and 50s. It’s very contemporary. - Jeff Goldblum Actor · USA
Collins masterfully blends fact and fiction…transcends the historical thriller. - Jeffery Deaver Author · USA
Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting. - William Randolph Hearst Publisher · USA
The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it. - Frank Herbert Author · USA
It’s hard to read real fiction. It takes time. It takes a sustained attention. - Frederick Busch Author · USA