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“Why would increased intelligence necessarily make you an atheist?”
There is no longer room for faith, something you have to have to sustain a belief in God and the afterlife.”
Conjuring up a God to explain creation is just a convenient cheat unless you’re prepared to explain how God originated.”
enhanced intelligence alters the balance of power in the altruism versus sociopathy war.”
Nietzsche had glorified the concept of a superman.
Good was anything that would help him achieve his potential. Evil was anything that would hamper him.
Frodo in the Lord of The Rings. In my case the ring’s power is that of almost inconceivable creativity and intellect.
Had she turned her amped-up genius to the problem of defeating thermal imaging technology?
survival depends on believing this: don’t trust anyone. Be prepared for anything,” she warned anxiously.
treacherous woman who could still captivate a man was far more dangerous than the
find a way to tie himself to the mast if he wanted to have any chance of surviving the encounter.
they had been able to pull the required strings to retrieve their men and track the missing cell phone in record time.
“Why was I under surveillance then, if we’re on the same side?”
Mutually assured destruction. Smith would realize this as well.
I am still your superior officer. I’m sure Connelly told you that.”
Desh nodded. “She claims to be able to enhance her intelligence to immeasurable levels.”
Other than claiming she was innocent, she didn’t provide a shred of evidence, as we’ve discussed.”
almost no level of intelligence the one hundred billion neurons you spoke of can’t reach.”
“If you had supreme intellect, what problem would you tackle?”
GlobalBrain SmartMeme What-IF?
“Immortality,” said Smith simply.
“Immortality,” he repeated finally, shaking his head dubiously. “Impossible.”
understand the animal and early human evidence is pretty strong.”
The key for our discussion now is that she has already managed to do the impossible: doubling human life expectancy.”
And she was a genius in gene therapy even before any enhancements.
level of power that goes far beyond mere money.”
“Only one. And not willingly. A billionaire industrialist who helped finance her early on.”
You can’t make dramatic changes to the brain without risking irreversible changes in personality.”
his mind around the immense implications
Your military records show that you are a man of impeccable integrity,
his military records and said they spoke to his integrity.
Smith had cleared up some questions but many more remained.
Just because we can’t understand one of her moves doesn’t mean it’s random.”
“And you could be the key. She took a huge risk capturing you.
Given everything we know, you don’t merit even becoming a pawn in her chess game, let alone a piece of higher value.
risk she took was uncharacteristic, so we must be missing something.”
“No. It makes more sense for you to drop me at Griffin’s apartment. I need to retrieve my clothes and watch,” he explained. “Not to mention my SUV.”
determined to err on the side of paranoia.
then why hadn’t she had them use their influence to call off the manhunt?
beneficiaries of her therapy would have an enormous vested interest in her welfare and survival.
basic principles. If he believed Kira Miller really had been able to optimize her intelligence, it wasn’t much of a stretch to believe she had also successfully developed a longevity therapy.
She was the key to unlimited power, and if only a single corrupt person was in the loop, he could obtain her secrets for himself, kill her, and disappear;
sociopathy tended to be enriched in populations of people who had risen to positions of power and influence.
Black Operations divisions, which existed in the shadows and had little accountability.
realization. If he really believed his own logic, there was only one way he could be absolutely certain the longevity therapy would be unveiled for the benefit all the people of the world: if he did so himself.
“I will take her alive. And I can’t be bought. You’ll just have to trust me.”
USASOC. Calling the colonel plays right into Kira Miller’s hands.”
Smith had assured Desh he would kill all bugs immediately. Desh didn’t believe him for an instant.
fifty percent bonus as hazard pay for what you’ve already gone through.”
I want to build as complete a profile of her as is humanly possible.”
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