{"id":1141,"date":"2013-09-09T10:23:42","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T10:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1141"},"modified":"2013-09-09T10:30:14","modified_gmt":"2013-09-09T10:30:14","slug":"isaac-asimov-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1141","title":{"rendered":"Isaac Asimov quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Speech<\/a>Asimov, Isaac (1920 – 1992), US science fiction novelist & scholar
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\nLife is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.<\/i><\/p>\n

Science can be introduced to children well or poorly. If poorly, children can be turned away from science; they can develop a lifelong antipathy; they will be in a far worse condition than if they had never been introduced to science at all.<\/i><\/p>\n

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ (I found it!) but ‘That’s funny …’<\/i><\/p>\n

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.<\/i><\/p>\n

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.<\/i><\/p>\n

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.<\/i><\/p>\n

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.<\/i><\/p>\n

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.<\/i><\/p>\n

You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you’re working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success – but only if you persist.<\/i><\/p>\n

One, a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm; Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law; Three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws….””Laws of Robotics from I. Robot””, 1950″<\/i><\/p>\n

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Asimov, Isaac (1920 – 1992), US science fiction novelist & scholar Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome. Science can be introduced to children well or poorly. If poorly, children can be turned away from science; … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-1141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-famous-quotations","tag-famous-quotations-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t