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1 " ...Data itself... was tolerable. It was the constant nerve-web-expanding pain of context that would kill him. "
― Dan Simmons , Olympos (Ilium, #2)
2 " ... The continuation of her life was more than another day of breathing, but was the gift of another day of engagement with her beloved across the spectrum of all things. "
3 " All spirits are enslaved which serve things evil. "
4 " Context is to data what water is to a dolphin "
5 " Failing tastes of bile and dog vomit. Shame on any man who gets used to that taste. "
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7 " We have our non-organic memory to fall back on when our neural memories seem doubtful. Human beings have only that confusing mass of chemically driven neurological storage to rely on. They're all subjective and emotion-tinged. How can they trust any of their memories? "