The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate.

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If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least...

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least...

For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.

For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to...

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to...

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to...

Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to...

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have...

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have...

The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.

The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.

There are some people you like immediately, some whom you think you might learn to...

There are some people you like immediately, some whom you think you might learn to...

He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a...

He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a...

A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of...

A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of...

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe...

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe...

Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously...

Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously...

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are,...

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are,...

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where...

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where...

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with...

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with...

The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.

The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed...

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed...

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have...

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have...

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.