It's soothing to realize that my mind's processes are inherently uncontrollable.

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Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if...

Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if...

It's tedious to watch something very obvious being worked out, like a movie that's not...

It's tedious to watch something very obvious being worked out, like a movie that's not...

Lately I've been working to convince myself that everything is a computation.

Lately I've been working to convince myself that everything is a computation.

One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out...

One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out...

Computations are everywhere, once you begin to look at things in a certain way.

Computations are everywhere, once you begin to look at things in a certain way.

I think dry nanotechnology is probably a dead-end.

I think dry nanotechnology is probably a dead-end.

Traditional science is all about finding shortcuts.

Traditional science is all about finding shortcuts.

Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what...

Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what...

If you think of your life as a kind of computation, it's quite abundantly clear...

If you think of your life as a kind of computation, it's quite abundantly clear...

In any case, A New Kind of Science is a wonderful book, and I'm still...

In any case, A New Kind of Science is a wonderful book, and I'm still...

Selling a book or story has never become absolutely automatic for me.

Selling a book or story has never become absolutely automatic for me.

Advice to beginning SF writers? Write a lot, finish what you write, and when it's...

Advice to beginning SF writers? Write a lot, finish what you write, and when it's...

The hard fact is that not everyone does get published.

The hard fact is that not everyone does get published.

Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with...

Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with...

At present, however, I don't think the Net is a very good medium for books,...

At present, however, I don't think the Net is a very good medium for books,...

I like a book better if I can't predict what's going to happen.

I like a book better if I can't predict what's going to happen.

Unfortunately our nation, nay, our world, is run by evil morons.

Unfortunately our nation, nay, our world, is run by evil morons.

A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules.

A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules.

Electronic distribution is more of a fall-back strategy for putting out a book that isn't...

Electronic distribution is more of a fall-back strategy for putting out a book that isn't...

If all else fails, there's always print or web zines.

If all else fails, there's always print or web zines.