Of course, they (i. e., demons) had always been observed with some regularity, but that could usually be ascribed to an overabundance of piety or wine or imagination. Take your pick.
Jack McDevittThe cultures we can look at had already grasped the essential unity of nature. No board of gods can survive that knowledge.
Jack McDevittTechnological civilizations don't last long. You're all right until you get a printing press. Then a race starts between technology and common sense. And maybe technology always wins.
Jack McDevittSo we have progressed to the point where we can move politicians around faster than light. I'm not sure I see the advantage.
Jack McDevittAll of the important things ... will turn out to be universally shared. It's why there will be no true aliens.
Jack McDevittI'm prepared to concede that stupidity does not help survival. One must after all understand not to poke a tiger with a stick. But intelligence leads to curiosity, and curiosity has never been a quality that helps one pour his or her genes into the pool. The truth must lie somewhere between. Whatever the reason, it is clearly mediocrity, at best, that lives and breeds.
Jack McDevitt