Famous Quotes by Isaac Asimov

Below are famous quotes by Isaac Asimov - US science fiction novelist & scholar (1920 - 1992).

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. . ..

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.

Science can be introduced to children well or poorly. If poorly, children can be turned away from science; they can develop a lifelong antipathy; they will be in a far worse condition than if they had never been introduced to science at all.

The three fundamental Rules of Robotics...One: a robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm...Two:..a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law...Three: a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First and Second Laws.

To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.

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