Virtual reality is just air guitar writ large.

It is either coincidence piled on top of coincidence," said Hollus, "or it is deliberate design.

Secrecy was the problem; transparency the obvious cure.

Paul Levinson has outdone himself: The Plot to Save Socrates is a philosophically rich gem full of big ideas and wonderful time-travel tricks.

Honor does not have to be defended.

Since ancient times, the philosophers' secret has always been this: we know that God does not exist, or, at least, if he does, he's utterly indifferent to our individual affairs--but we can't let the rabble know that; it's the fear of God, the threat of divine punishment and the promise of divine reward, that keeps in line those too unsophisticated to work out questions of morality on their own.

No one disputes that seeming order can come out of the application of simple rules. But who wrote the rules?