Ted Chiang

1967– · American science fiction writer

Topics: life, science

• Much of modern astronomy is promised on the Copernican principle, the idea that we are not at the center of the universe and are not observing it from a privileged position; this is pretty much the opposite of young-earth creationism.

  — Ted Chiang

• Technology is being used to manipulate us through our emotional reactions, so it’s only fair that we use it to protect ourselves too.

  — Ted Chiang