Blindsight (Firefall)

IF THE HUMAN BRAIN WERE SO SIMPLE THAT WE COULD UNDERSTAND IT, WE WOULD BE SO SIMPLE THAT WE COULDN’T.

—Emerson M. Pugh

WHY SHOULD MAN EXPECT HIS PRAYER FOR MERCY TO BE HEARD BY WHAT IS ABOVE HIM WHEN HE SHOWS NO MERCY TO WHAT IS UNDER HIM?

—Pierre Troubetzkoy

People aren’t rational. You aren’t rational. We’re not thinking machines, we’re—we’re feeling machines that happen to think.