Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space.

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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...

If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give 'em a mirror and a...

If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give 'em a mirror and a...

I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who...

I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who...

I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.

I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.

Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bog-gglingly useful could have...

Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bog-gglingly useful could have...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who...

I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who...

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...

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound as they fly by.

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound as they fly by.

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot...

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot...

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...

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...

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,...

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot...

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot...

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...