One Human Minute Quotes

“Akıl hastalığı diye bir şey olmadığı, bu kavramın psikiyatrlar tarafından para sızdırma ve hastalara eziyet etme amacıyla icat edildiği iddiası pek taraftar bulmasa da, normal kabul edilen insanların akli dengesi bozuk olanlardan çok daha çılgınca davranabildikleri doğrudur. İkisi arasındaki fark, deli olanın yaptığını tam bir kayıtsızlık içinde, normal olanınsa ün için yapmasıdır. Çünkü ün paraya çevrilebiliyor.”
― Stanisław Lem, One Human Minute: Three Essential Philosophical Sci-Fi Essays by Master Stanislaw Lem

“A galaxy can behave like a roulette wheel placed near a stove; when the stove is hot, the heat will distort the disk, which will, in turn, affect the distribution of the winning numbers.”
― Stanisław Lem, One Human Minute: Three Essential Philosophical Sci-Fi Essays by Master Stanislaw Lem

“Chance, when domesticated and held in tight rein as a game or lottery, ceases to be dangerous.”
― Stanisław Lem, One Human Minute: Three Essential Philosophical Sci-Fi Essays by Master Stanislaw Lem

“Fewer are the ways of helping people than of harming them; it is the nature of things, not a consequence of the statistical method. Our world does not stand halfway between heaven and hell; it seems much closer to hell.”
― Stanisław Lem, One Human Minute: Three Essential Philosophical Sci-Fi Essays by Master Stanislaw Lem

“The ad as the New Utopia is currently a cult phenomenon. We watch the dreadful or boring things on television, because (as public-opinion research has shown) after the sight of prattling politicians, bloody corpses strewn about various parts of the globe for various reasons, and dramatizations in which one can- not tell what is going on because they are never-ending serials (not only do we forget what we read, we also forget what we see), the commercials are a blessed relief. Only in them does paradise still exist. There are beautiful women, handsome men-all ma- ture-and happy children, and the elderly have intelligence in their eyes and generally wear glasses. To be kept in constant delight they need only pudding in a new container, lemonade made from real water, a foot antiperspirant, violet-scented toilet paper, or a kitchen cabinet about which nothing is extraordinary but the price. The joy in the eyes of the stylish beauty as she beholds a roll of toilet paper or opens a cupboard like a treasure chest is transmitted instantly to everyone.”
― Stanisław Lem, One Human Minute: Three Essential Philosophical Sci-Fi Essays by Master Stanislaw Lem

“Matter vomited forth everything she could.”
― Stanisław Lem, One Human Minute: Three Essential Philosophical Sci-Fi Essays by Master Stanislaw Lem