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[T]hat most beings would prefer to continue to exist once they exist is not in itself a good reason for bringing them into existence, it’s merely a good argument against murder.

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On his eighteenth day in the tiger cage, Robert Stoney began to lose hope of emerging unscathed.

Everyone here would die for the sake of truth. Everyone here lies constantly for the tiniest chance of personal gain. This is what it means to be a scientist.

The Universe may be stranger than we can imagine, but it's going to have a tough time outdoing Egan.

That was the way of the world: power would always be used, nation would subjugate nation, the weak would always be slaughtered. Everything else was pious self-delusion.

Nobody wants to spend eternity alone.

Axiomatic (1995)

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