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kairos12

(12,910 posts) Sun May 5, 2024, 08:03 PM May 5

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“When stupidity is considered patriotism, it’s unsafe to be intelligent.”

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Asimov [View all] kairos12 May 5 OP

Kick Eko May 5 #1

Against stupidity edhopper May 5 #2

😢 blm May 5 #3

What does Professor Seldon predict will come of us? Marcuse May 5 #4

I have frequently thought that The Pustule is a parallel.... lastlib May 5 #12

I don't remember the Mule soldierant May 5 #15

I think he was just as power-hungry.... lastlib May 5 #17

A long time for me too. soldierant May 6 #18

I have to read the trilogy every few years. Thank goodness, at my age, I forget a lot of it, so it is almost like Chainfire May 6 #26

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. Isaac Asimov Ping Tung May 5 #5

He was a brilliant man and terrific writer (n/t) PJMcK May 5 #6

And only smart people say they need learn more ! kimbutgar May 5 #7

Because it's only they that realize how little they know. triron May 6 #29

"it's unsafe to be intelligent"... Cambodia. Pol Pot. keithbvadu2 May 5 #8

There is markodochartaigh May 5 #9

He must be spinning in his grave. Dave Bowman May 6 #25

Asimov was a renaissance man bmichaelh May 5 #10

He was a essentially a one-man 'Book of the Month' club. SeattleVet May 5 #13

I've been watching some of his old interviews on YouTube. Always fascinating. Midnight Writer May 6 #19

I had a brief encounter with him in the 80s. Liberal In Texas May 5 #11

Definitely recommended. H2O Man May 5 #14

It's scary when 60-64 percent of the American populace can't pass a simple citizenship test. chouchou May 5 #16

Asimov wrote or edited over 500 books. Cyrano May 6 #20

Prescient, indeed. Hela May 6 #21

Want a short example of Asimov's writing/imagination? Cyrano May 6 #22

I can't believe it Arne May 6 #27

Ahem LSFL May 6 #28

We might add, when knowledge is considered subversive, being educated is viewed as a threat. Martin68 May 6 #23

K & R Celerity May 6 #24

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