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

Quote by Rudy Rucker

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The hard fact is that not everyone does get published.

The hard fact is that not everyone does get published.

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.

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...

I like to do things that are surprising and different.

I like to do things that are surprising and different.

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

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

If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer...

If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer...

I think dry nanotechnology is probably a dead-end.

I think dry nanotechnology is probably a dead-end.

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules.

A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules.

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...

All living things are gnarly, in that they inevitably do things that are much more...

All living things are gnarly, in that they inevitably do things that are much more...

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...

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...

But how does it feel to plug into a system that's say, a million times...

But how does it feel to plug into a system that's say, a million times...

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...

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...

Traditional science is all about finding shortcuts.

Traditional science is all about finding shortcuts.