Imagine what it would be like if TV actually were good. It would be the end of everything we know.

I cannot articulate enough to express my dislike to people who think that understanding spoils your experience... How would they know?

In science, one learns the most by studying what seems to be the least.

Imagine what it would be like if TV actually were good. It would be the end of everything we know.

Logic doesn't apply to the real world. D. R. Hofstadter and D. C. Dennett (eds.) The Mind's I, 1981.

Kubrick's vision seemed to be that humans are doomed, whereas Clarke's is that humans are moving on to a better stage of evolution.

In general, we’re least aware of what our minds do best.