Archaeology is the anthropology of the past, and science fiction is the anthropology of the future. - Joan D. Vinge - Quotesmemo.com

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I call our world Flatland, not because we call it so, but to make its nature clearer to you, my happy readers, who are privileged to live in Space.

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Joan D. Vinge

Archaeology is the anthropology of the past, and science fiction is the anthropology of the future.

Past, Fiction, Anthropology, Science

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In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death.

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Indifference is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don't stand a chance against it.

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Throughout the ages, stories with certain basic themes have recurred over and over, in widely disparate cultures; emerging like the goddess Venus from the sea of our unconscious.

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Studying anthropology, I developed a kind of holistic view of human existence, in which the dichotomies you listed are all necessary and vital aspects of life.

Existence, Kind, Listed, Study, Views, Vital

But our society does not grant nontraditional forms of intelligence equal recognition, no matter how much it would help us get along or truly enrich our lives.

Doe, Help, Intelligence, Matter, Our Society, Recognition

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