a large minority of human beings are mentally equipped to take part in the advance of physical science, - Isaac Asimov

"The girl who wore only a pair of shorts said, "It was the university that called down the Darkness on us." "And the Stars," said the man who wore just a shirt. "They brought the Stars." "And this one might bring them back," said the woman who had spoken before. "Get him out of here! Get him out of here!" Sheerin stared incredulously. He told himself that he should have been able to predict this. It was an all too likely development: pathological suspicion of all scientists, all educated people, an unreasoning phobia that must be raging now like a virus among the survivors of the night of terror."

Tendríamos el infinito en nuestras manos. Cada mundo tendría su propio Tiempo, sus valores, la oportunidad de buscar la Felicidad a su manera y en su ambiente. Hay muchas clases de Felicidad, de Bien, una infinita variedad de propósitos. ¡Ese es el Estado Básico de la Humanidad!

I think what we need to do here is to make use of Thargola's Sword. You know what that is, Beenay?" "Of course, sir. The principle of parsimony. First put forth by the medieval philosopher Thargola 14, who said, 'We must drive a sword through any hypothesis that is not strictly necessary,