Darwin's Blade Quotes

“Occam’s Razor: All other things being equal, the simplest solution is usually the correct one. —William of Occam, fourteenth century Darwin’s Blade: All other things being equal, the simplest solution is usually stupidity. —Darwin Minor, twenty-first century”
― Dan Simmons, Darwin's Blade

“had been Mirandized. And a perfectly good adjective had been made into a verb.”
― Dan Simmons, Darwin's Blade

“In an age of superchargers, turbochargers, and every other prosthetic breathing aid, this was a normally aspirated V-6 that derived speed from perfection.”
― Dan Simmons, Darwin's Blade

“The road turns and starts climbing where he impacted,” said Cameron. Dar winced slightly. He hated the verb-use of nouns such as impact.”
― Dan Simmons, Darwin's Blade

“You had a corollary to Occam’s Razor,” persisted Syd. “I think it went—‘All other things being equal, the simplest solution is usually stupidity.”
― Dan Simmons, Darwin's Blade