There isn’t one America anymore. If there ever had been. - David Brin

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There isn’t one America anymore. If there ever had been.

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About David Brin

Glen David Brin (born October 6, 1950) is an American author of science fiction. He is the winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. He lives in Southern California and has been both a NASA consultant and a physics professor.

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Comment se fait-il, même, qu’il y ait eu des gens pour y croire ? Gordon haussa les épaules. — Ça s’appelait la technique du « gros mensonge », Johnny. Il suffit de donner l’impression qu’on sait de quoi on parle… de se contenter de citer des faits. Et puis de parler très vite. Tu entrelardes tes bobards de sorte qu’ils aient l’air de révéler l’existence d’un complot et tu martèles ça sur tous les tons. Ceux qui cherchent un prétexte, pour haïr ou pour mépriser – ceux qui ont un ego boursouflé, mais faible au fond –, s’empressent d’adopter ces explications toutes faites. Il ne leur vient pas à l’idée de soumettre la théorie à l’épreuve des faits. Hitler faisait ça très bien. Le Mystique de Leningrad aussi. Holn n’a été que leur brillant successeur dans l’art du « gros mensonge ».

Way back, about a century ago, physicist Enrico Fermi and his colleagues, taking a lunch break from the Manhattan Project, found themselves discussing life in the cosmos. Some younger scientists claimed that amid trillions of stars there should be countless living worlds inhabited by intelligent races, far older than ours. How interesting the future might be, with others to talk to! Fermi listened patiently, then asked: “So? Shouldn’t we have heard their messages by now? Seen their great works? Or stumbled on residue of past visits? These wondrous others … where are they?” His question has been called the Great Silence, the SETI Dilemma or Fermi Paradox. And as enthusiasts keep scanning the sky, the galaxy’s eerie hush grows more alarming.

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