///////////////You need to read more science fiction. Nobody who reads science fiction comes out with this crap about the end of history”
― Iain Banks
////////////“Empathize with stupidity and you're halfway to thinking like an idiot”
― Iain Banks
////////////Fuck every cause that ends in murder and children crying.”
― Iain Banks, Against a Dark Background
////////////People were always sorry. Sorry they had done what they had done, sorry they were doing what they were doing, sorry they were going to do what they were going to do; but they still did whatever it is. The sorrow never stopped them; it just made them feel better. And so the sorrow never stopped.”
― Iain Banks, Against a Dark Background
///////////I just think people overvalue argument because they like to hear themselves talk.”
― Iain Banks, Use of Weapons
/////////////////All reality is a game. Physics at its most fundamental, the very fabric of our universe, results directly from the interaction of certain fairly simple rules, and chance; the same description may be applied to the best, most elefant and both intellectually and aesthetically satisfying games. By being unknowable, by resulting from events which, at the sub-atomic level, cannot be fully predicted, the future remains makkeable, and retains the possibility of change, the hope of coming to prevail; victory, to use an unfashionable word. In this, the future is a game; time is one of the rules. Generally, all the best mechanistic games - those which can be played in any sense "perfectly", such as a grid, Prallian scope, 'nkraytle, chess, Farnic dimensions - can be traced to civilisations lacking a realistic view of the universe (let alone the reality). They are also, I might add, invariably pre-machine-sentience societies.
The very first-rank games acknowledge the element of chance, even if they rightly restrict raw luck. To attempt to construct a game on any other lines, no matter how complicated and subtle the rules are, and regardless of the scale and differentiation of the playing volume and the variety of the powers and attibutes of the pieces, is inevitably to schackle oneself to a conspectus which is not merely socially but techno-philosophically lagging several ages behind our own. As a historical exercise it might have some value, As a work of the intellect, it's just a waste of time. If you want to make something old-fashioned, why not build a wooden sailing boat, or a steam engine? They're just as complicated and demanding as a mechanistic game, and you'll keep fit at the same time.”
― Iain Banks, The Player of Games
//////////////////////People can be teachers and idiots; they can be philosophers and idiots; they can be politicians and idiots... in fact I think they have to be... a genius can be an idiot. The world is largely run for and by idiots; it is no great handicap in life and in certain areas is actually a distinct advantage and even a prerequisite for advancement.”
― Iain Banks, The Crow Road
//////////////////////////Writing is like everything else: the more you do it the better you get. Don't try to perfect as you go along, just get to the end of the damn thing. Accept imperfections. Get it finished and then you can go back. If you try to polish every sentence there's a chance you'll never get past the first chapter.”
― Iain Banks
////////////////////////There's an old Sysan saying that the soup of life is salty enough without adding tears to it.”
― Iain Banks, Look to Windward
////////////////////////One should never mistake pattern for meaning.”
― Iain Banks, The Hydrogen Sonata
//////////////////////////As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.”
― Iain Banks
/////////////////////////I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!”
― Iain Banks
/////////////////////////////It's a library, only the stupid or the evil are afraid of those”
― Iain Banks
//////////////////////////////My gratitude extends beyond the limits of my capacity to express it,”
― Iain Banks, The Player of Games
/////////////////////////////Our lives are about development, mutation and the possibility of change; that is almost a definition of what life is: change... If you disable change, if you effectively stop time, if you prevent the possibility of the alteration of an individual's circumstances — and that must include at least the possibility that they alter for the worse — then you don't have life after death; you just have death.”
― Iain Banks, Look to Windward
/////////////////////////////We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.” ~Dalai Lama
////////////////////////What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity.” ―J. Sidlow Baxter
/////////////////////
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” ―Anaïs Nin
///////////////////////////sciam=Mirror neurons distinguish between those we like and those we do not
///////////////////////The researchers note that we often eat to comfort ourselves or try to remedy a bad mood—but this study shows that such eating for consolation may make us feel even worse. Something to keep in mind when you find yourself reaching for the second ear of the chocolate bunny.
///////////////////////
― Iain Banks
////////////“Empathize with stupidity and you're halfway to thinking like an idiot”
― Iain Banks
////////////Fuck every cause that ends in murder and children crying.”
― Iain Banks, Against a Dark Background
////////////People were always sorry. Sorry they had done what they had done, sorry they were doing what they were doing, sorry they were going to do what they were going to do; but they still did whatever it is. The sorrow never stopped them; it just made them feel better. And so the sorrow never stopped.”
― Iain Banks, Against a Dark Background
///////////I just think people overvalue argument because they like to hear themselves talk.”
― Iain Banks, Use of Weapons
/////////////////All reality is a game. Physics at its most fundamental, the very fabric of our universe, results directly from the interaction of certain fairly simple rules, and chance; the same description may be applied to the best, most elefant and both intellectually and aesthetically satisfying games. By being unknowable, by resulting from events which, at the sub-atomic level, cannot be fully predicted, the future remains makkeable, and retains the possibility of change, the hope of coming to prevail; victory, to use an unfashionable word. In this, the future is a game; time is one of the rules. Generally, all the best mechanistic games - those which can be played in any sense "perfectly", such as a grid, Prallian scope, 'nkraytle, chess, Farnic dimensions - can be traced to civilisations lacking a realistic view of the universe (let alone the reality). They are also, I might add, invariably pre-machine-sentience societies.
The very first-rank games acknowledge the element of chance, even if they rightly restrict raw luck. To attempt to construct a game on any other lines, no matter how complicated and subtle the rules are, and regardless of the scale and differentiation of the playing volume and the variety of the powers and attibutes of the pieces, is inevitably to schackle oneself to a conspectus which is not merely socially but techno-philosophically lagging several ages behind our own. As a historical exercise it might have some value, As a work of the intellect, it's just a waste of time. If you want to make something old-fashioned, why not build a wooden sailing boat, or a steam engine? They're just as complicated and demanding as a mechanistic game, and you'll keep fit at the same time.”
― Iain Banks, The Player of Games
//////////////////////People can be teachers and idiots; they can be philosophers and idiots; they can be politicians and idiots... in fact I think they have to be... a genius can be an idiot. The world is largely run for and by idiots; it is no great handicap in life and in certain areas is actually a distinct advantage and even a prerequisite for advancement.”
― Iain Banks, The Crow Road
//////////////////////////Writing is like everything else: the more you do it the better you get. Don't try to perfect as you go along, just get to the end of the damn thing. Accept imperfections. Get it finished and then you can go back. If you try to polish every sentence there's a chance you'll never get past the first chapter.”
― Iain Banks
////////////////////////There's an old Sysan saying that the soup of life is salty enough without adding tears to it.”
― Iain Banks, Look to Windward
////////////////////////One should never mistake pattern for meaning.”
― Iain Banks, The Hydrogen Sonata
//////////////////////////As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.”
― Iain Banks
/////////////////////////I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!”
― Iain Banks
/////////////////////////////It's a library, only the stupid or the evil are afraid of those”
― Iain Banks
//////////////////////////////My gratitude extends beyond the limits of my capacity to express it,”
― Iain Banks, The Player of Games
/////////////////////////////Our lives are about development, mutation and the possibility of change; that is almost a definition of what life is: change... If you disable change, if you effectively stop time, if you prevent the possibility of the alteration of an individual's circumstances — and that must include at least the possibility that they alter for the worse — then you don't have life after death; you just have death.”
― Iain Banks, Look to Windward
/////////////////////////////We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.” ~Dalai Lama
////////////////////////What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity.” ―J. Sidlow Baxter
/////////////////////
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” ―Anaïs Nin
///////////////////////////sciam=Mirror neurons distinguish between those we like and those we do not
///////////////////////The researchers note that we often eat to comfort ourselves or try to remedy a bad mood—but this study shows that such eating for consolation may make us feel even worse. Something to keep in mind when you find yourself reaching for the second ear of the chocolate bunny.
///////////////////////
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