Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.

Quote by Isaac Asimov

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It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I....

It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I....

To insult someone we call him estial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, human might be...

To insult someone we call him estial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, human might be...

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the...

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the...

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much...

He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much...

I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would...

I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would...

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.

I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version...

I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version...

Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and...

Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and...

Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be...

Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be...

Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions...

Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions...

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that...

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that...

If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood....

If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood....

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

From my close observation of writers...they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously...

From my close observation of writers...they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously...

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society...

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society...

All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the...

All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the...

John Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II...

John Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II...