One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out thought experiments.
Rudy RuckerIn any case, A New Kind of Science is a wonderful book, and I'm still absorbing its teachings.
Rudy RuckerAll living things are gnarly, in that they inevitably do things that are much more complex than one might have expected.
Rudy RuckerWhat is the shape of space? Is it flat, or is it bent? Is it nicely laid out, or is it warped and shrunken? Is it finite, or is it infinite? Which of the following does space resemble more: (a) a sheet of paper, (b) an endless desert, (c) a soap bubble, (d) a doughnut, (e) an Escher drawing, (f) an ice cream cone, (g) the branches of a tree, or (h) a human body?
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