He fought to think rationally. Guilt, he reminded himself, is an electro-chemical event in the physical brain. It’s one of the useless side-effects o… - Tim Powers

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He fought to think rationally.
Guilt, he reminded himself, is an electro-chemical event in the physical brain. It’s one of the useless side-effects of consciousness, which is itself irrelevant. The ideal is the lines in Tennyson’s “Locksley Hall:” “Let the great world spin forever down the ringing grooves of change.” The important thing was that all of it moved in determinate grooves.

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About Tim Powers

Timothy Thomas Powers (born 29 February 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author.

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Birth Name: Timothy Thomas Powers
Alternative Names: Timotheus Powers Timothy Powers William Ashbless

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