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“This novel is fiction, except for the parts that aren't.”

Michael Crichton

“They didn't understand what they were doing. I'm afraid that will be on the tombstone of the human race. I hope it's not. We might get lucky.”

Michael Crichton Prey

Source: Prey (2002)

“Science is as corruptible a human activity as any other.”

Michael Crichton book Next

Source: Next

“In the corner store we pulled fat bottles of water from the shelves. No one thinks it's weird that we have to buy clean water, and that's how I know we're going to hell.”

Michael Crichton

“Geniuses never pay attention.”

Michael Crichton book The Lost World

Source: The Lost World

“Friendships are nice. So is competence.”

Michael Crichton

Source: Disclosure

“Do you want to understand how to swim, or do you want to jump in and start swimming? Only people who are afraid of the water want to understand it. Other people jump in and get wet.”

Michael Crichton book Sphere

Source: Sphere

“Nobody dares to solve the problems-because the solution might contradict your philosophy, and for most people clinging to beliefs is more important than succeeding in the world.”

Michael Crichton book State of Fear

Source: State of Fear

“A man can see by starlight, if he takes the time.”

Michael Crichton book Next

Source: Next

“Raising children is, in a sense, the reason the society exists in the first place. It's the most important thing that happens, and it's the culmination of all the tools and language and social structure that has evolved.”

Michael Crichton book The Lost World

Source: The Lost World

“The rock, for its part, is not even aware of our existence because we are alive for only a brief instant of its lifespan. To it, we are like flashes in the dark.”

Michael Crichton book The Andromeda Strain

Source: The Andromeda Strain

“Working inspires inspiration. Keep working. If you succeed, keep working. If you fail, keep working. If you are interested, keep working. If you are bored, keep working.”

Michael Crichton

“All human behavior has a reason. All behavior is solving a problem.”

Michael Crichton

Source: Disclosure

“False fears are a plague, a modern plague!”

Michael Crichton book State of Fear

Source: State of Fear

“It is especially difficult for modern people to conceive that our modern, scientific age might not be an improvement over the prescientific period.”

Michael Crichton Timeline

Source: Timeline

“You are the reason why he exists on this earth. You don't have the right to abandon him just because he's inconvenient or has trouble in school.”

Michael Crichton book Next

Source: Next

“Extrapolating from the statistical growth of the legal profession, by the year 2035 every single person in the United States will be a lawyer, including newborn infants.”

Michael Crichton book State of Fear

Source: State of Fear

“Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.”

Michael Crichton

Aliens Cause Global Warming (2003)
Context: I want to pause here and talk about this notion of consensus, and the rise of what has been called consensus science. I regard consensus science as an extremely pernicious development that ought to be stopped cold in its tracks. Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.

“When you have a strongly held belief, don't you think it's important to express that belief accurately?”

Michael Crichton book State of Fear

Source: State of Fear