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

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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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

Traditional science is all about finding shortcuts.

Traditional science is all about finding shortcuts.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

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

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

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.

A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules.

A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules.