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Philosophers Are People Who Know Less And Less About More And More, Until They Know Nothing About Everything. Scientists Are People Who Know More And More About Less And Less, Until They Know Everything About Nothing.

We Do Not Take Humor Seriously Enough.

The Competition Between Human Beings Destroys With Cold And Diabolic Brutality... Under The Pressure Of This Competitive Fury We Have Not Only Forgotten What Is Useful To Humanity As A Whole, But Even That Which Is Good And Advantageous To The Individual. [...] One Asks, Which Is More Damaging To Modern Humanity: The Thirst For Money Or Consuming Haste... In Either Case, Fear Plays A Very Important Role: The Fear Of Being Overtaken By One's Competitors, The Fear Of Becoming Poor, The Fear Of Making Wrong Decisions Or The Fear Of Not Being Up To Snuff...

The Distance At Which All Shooting Weapons Take Effect Screens The Killer Against The Stimulus Sensation Which Would Otherwise Activate His Killing Inhibitions. The Deep, Emotional Layers Of Our Personality Simply Do Not Register The Fact That The Crooking Of The Finger To Release A Shot Tears The Entrails Of Another Man.

I Am Convinced That Of All The People On The Two Sides Of The Great Curtain, The Space Pilots Are The Least Likely To Hate Each Other. Like The Late Erich Von Holst, I Believe That The Tremendous And Otherwise Not Quite Explicable Public Interest In Space Flight Arises From The Subconscious Realization That It Helps To Preserve Peace. May It Continue To Do So!