Sometimes terror and pain are not the best levers; deception, when it works, is the most elegant and least expensive manipulation of all. - Vernor Vinge
" "Sometimes terror and pain are not the best levers; deception, when it works, is the most elegant and least expensive manipulation of all.
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About Vernor Vinge
Vernor Vinge (October 2, 1944 – March 20, 2024) was a computer scientist and science fiction author, as well as a retired San Diego State University Professor of Mathematics.
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Vernor Steffen Vinge
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Even as my conscious mind concluded that we were under fire, I threw myself on the ground and flatten into the lowest profile possible. You’ve heard the bromide about combat making life more real. I don’t know about that, but it’s certainly true that when you are flat against the ground with your face in the dirt, the whole universe looks different.
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