#intel

Everytime you think of your father, you resurrect him. Why shouldn't he continue a posthuman life in this world while he's resting in the other? ↗

— Clyde Dsouza

#augmented-reality #mind-uploading #posthuman #science #singularity

Ambitious people understand intelligent people far better than intelligent people understand ambitious people; therefore, ambition will always triumph over intelligence. Once you appreciate this reality, civilization becomes clearer and unfortunately, more distressing. ↗

— D.A. Blankinship

#intelligence #intelligence

[on the Victim Mentality] It takes a great level of intelligence to maintain a thinking process as stupid as this. Because it is such a great undertaking, we take pride in it. It highlights our intellect. Too bad it also highlights our lack of wisdom. For all our twisting, wringing, stretching, and stuffing, we only contort ourselves. ↗

— David G. Allen

#victim-thinking #intelligence

Novelty does not require intelligence, but ignorance, which is why the young excel in this branch. ↗

— Anthony Marais

#intelligence

He was about as stupid as an animal could be and still live. ↗

— Roy Chapman Andrews

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If you can make your name and your works very famous and at the same time can succeed in making yourself much unknown, you are definitely the most intelligent celebrity! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

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You could also ask who’s in charge. Lots of people think, well, we’re humans; we’re the most intelligent and accomplished species; we’re in charge. Bacteria may have a different outlook: more bacteria live and work in one linear centimeter of your lower colon than all the humans who have ever lived. That’s what’s going on in your digestive tract right now. Are we in charge, or are we simply hosts for bacteria? It all depends on your outlook. ↗

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

#host #humans #life #intelligence

Almost every intelligent invention is started with a stupid step. ↗

— Amrendra

#intelligence

Through the door came a being of intense vivacity, impeccable sartorial integrity, and intermittent intelligibility. ↗

— Terry Bisson

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My own fault. The equipment had safeties but your primary piece of protective equipment was your brain. There was a presumption that anyone entering this room was intelligent enough to keep away from hot things, sharp things, and things carrying large stores of momentum. ↗

— Max Barry

#machine-man #safety #intelligence