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American Author, Writer, Regisseur October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008

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In his blackest hours, Stone doubted the utility of all thought, and all intelligence. There were times he envied the laboratory rats he worked with; their brains were so simple. Certainly, they did not have the intelligence to destroy themselves; that was a peculiar invention of man. Michael Crichton
We live in a world of frightful givens. It is given that you will behave like this, given that you will care about that. No one thinks about the givens. Isn't it amazing? In the information society, nobody thinks. We expected to banish paper, but we actually banished thought. Michael Crichton
People were so naive about plants, Ellie thought. They just chose plants for appearance, as they would choose a picture for the wall. It never occurred to them that plants were actually living things, busily performing all the living functions of respiration, ingestion, excretion, reproduction---and defense. Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton quote: "In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish..."
In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish thought. Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton quote: "We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so."
We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so. Michael Crichton
Like everything else I'd seen at Xymos, it was jerry-built, half-baked, concocted in a hurry to solve present problems and never a thought to the future. Michael Crichton

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