Most men would rather be shot through with a broad-headed arrow than be described by you.

Neal Stephenson
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  2. Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs, " I said. "We have a protractor.

  3. A few dud universes can really clutter up your basement.

  4. If you can't test it, it's not theorics -- it's metatheorics. A branch of philosophy. So, if you want to think of it this way, our test equipment is what defines the boundary separating theorics from philosophy.

  5. Supposing that originally there was nothing but one creator, how could ordinary binary sexual relations come into being?

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