Isn't it sad that you can tell people that the ozone layer is being depleted, the forests are being cut down, the deserts are advancing steadily, tha… - Isaac Asimov

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Isn't it sad that you can tell people that the ozone layer is being depleted, the forests are being cut down, the deserts are advancing steadily, that the greenhouse effect will raise the sea level 200 feet, that overpopulation is choking us, that pollution is killing us, that nuclear war may destroy us - and they yawn and settle back for a comfortable nap. But tell them that the Martians are landing, and they scream and run.

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About Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov (c. 2 January 1920 – 6 April 1992) was a Russian-born American biochemist who was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, his works include the Foundation series and I, Robot.

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Alternative Names: Isaak Osimov Paul French Asimov Isaak Ozimov Itzhak Ozimov
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Todo se reduce, entonces, al cerebro, ¿pero debemos dejarlo a un nivel de células contra positrones? — empezó a decir cautelosamente Andrew — . ¿No hay forma de imponer una definición funcional? ¿Debemos decir que un cerebro está compuesto de esto o aquello? ¿No podemos decir que un cerebro es algo, cualquier cosa, capaz de cierto nivel de razonamiento? — No funcionaría — contestó Li-Hsing — . Tu cerebro está hecho por el hombre, no es así en el caso del cerebro humano. Tu cerebro ha sido construido, el suyo desarrollado. Para cualquier ser humano que esté dispuesto a mantener una barrera entre él y un robot, estas diferencias son una muralla de acero de un kilómetro y medio tanto de altura como de espesor.

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