Any technology that is distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced.
In a tough situation, don't avoid acting just because it's easier or comfortable. Don't lapse into a passive state. People who give up, die.
When the chemistry is right, all the experiments work.
Peter Watts delivers-solid, inventive hard sf about the deep sea, but as we've never seen before. This moves like the wind.
Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available
The biggest mistake is being too afraid of making one.