The world is neither running down nor deterministic, and a strict division of order versus chaos is just wrong. Gregory Benford chaosdeterministicdivision Change image and share on social
I'm a very big Faulkner fan 'cause I'm a Southerner. Gregory Benford bigfanfaulkner Change image and share on social
Virtuality - connection without proximity - is a major attraction in both fandom and the Net. Nobody knows you're a dog through the U.S. mail, either. Fans could be utterly different in their fanzine persona, which may be why both fandom and the Net were invented by individualistic Americans. Gregory Benford americanattractionconnection share on social
Dinner at college high table is one of the legendary experiences of England. I could remember keenly each one I had attended; the repartee is sharper than the cutlery. Gregory Benford attendcollegecutlery Change image and share on social
Like the ocean, land plants hold about three times as much carbon as the atmosphere. While oceans take many centuries to exchange this mass with the air, flora take only a few years. Gregory Benford airatmospherecarbon Change image and share on social
Congress came to see NASA primarily as a jobs program, not an exploratory agency. Gregory Benford agencycongressexploratory Change image and share on social
Experience shows that if you put more ethicists on a problem, you can end up with more problems. Gregory Benford endethicistexperience Change image and share on social
Very little useful science got done in the space station. NASA never did the experiments needed to develop the technologies required for a genuine interplanetary expedition: centrifugal gravity to avoid bodily harm and a truly closed biosphere. Gregory Benford avoidbiospherebodily share on social
The Matrix itself is not some external evil, but rather an outcome of our own error, our karmic payoff of past actions. Not merely illusion, it is an allusion to a founding myth of our culture. Gregory Benford actionallusionculture Change image and share on social
The thing that most critics miss about Faulkner is that his famous storytelling voice is, in fact, a standard Southern storytelling voice that is typical of the Gulf Coast - Mississippi, Alabama and so on. Gregory Benford alabamacoastcritic share on social