"Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems." ― Rene Descartes Topic(s): Science More From Rene Descartes "The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once." "Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare." "I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error." More In Science "I don’t think we should be a model family living in a model home."― Moshe Dayan "We do a hard fantasy as well as hard science fiction, and I think I probably single-handedly recreated military science fiction. It was dead before I started working in it."― Jerry Pournelle "People who love science fiction really do love sex."― Susie Bright