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Neal Stephenson Quotes

Neal Stephenson quotes about believe

American Writer October 31, 1959

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He had some measure of the infuriating trait that causes a young man to be a nonconformist for its own sake and found that the surest way to shock most people, in those days, was to believe that some kinds of behavior were bad and others good, and that it was reasonable to live one's life accordingly. Neal Stephenson
From long experience in places like Afghanisatan and Chechnya, Sokolov recognised, in the black jihadist’s movements, a sort of cultural or attitudinal advantage that such people always enjoyed in situations like this: they were complete fatalists who believed that God was on their side. Russians, on the other hand, were fatalists of a somewhat different kind, believing, or at least strongly suspecting, that they were fucked no matter what, and that they had better just make the best of it... Neal Stephenson
That's funny because if anyone actually did prove the existence of God we'd just tell him 'nice proof, Fraa Bly' and start believing in God. Neal Stephenson
Jaunita believes that nothing is provably true or provably false in the Bible. Because if it's provably false, then the Bible is a lie, and if it's provably true, then the existence of God is proven and there's no room for faith. Neal Stephenson
Neal Stephenson quote: "If you sincerely believed in God, how could you form one..."
If you sincerely believed in God, how could you form one thought, speak one sentence, without mentioning Him? Neal Stephenson
Men who believe that they are accomplishing something by speaking speak in a different way from men who believe that speaking is a waste of time. Neal Stephenson
...Gold is gold everywhere, fungible and indifferent. But when a disk of gold is stamped by a coiner with certain pompous words and the picture of a King, it takes on added value -- seigneurage. It has that value only in that people believe that it does -- it is a shared phant'sy. Neal Stephenson
And don't give me any sentimental nonsense about creativity. I believe that a Universal Turing Machine could show behaviors that we would construe as creative. Neal Stephenson
It was, of course, nothing more than sexism, the especially virulent type espoused by male techies who sincerely believe that they are too smart to be sexists. Neal Stephenson
Neal Stephenson quote: " you should not believe a thing only because you like to..."
... you should not believe a thing only because you like to believe it. We call that 'Diax's Rake' ... Neal Stephenson

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