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Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones

Samuel R. Delany

"Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" is a science fiction short story by American writer Samuel R. Delany, published in the December 1968 issue of New Worlds. It won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story 1970, and the Nebula Award for Best Novelette in 1969.

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“The science of probability gives mathematical expression to our ignorance, not to our wisdom.”

Samuel R. Delany Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones

Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones (1968)
Context: If everything, everything were known, statistical estimates would be unnecessary. The science of probability gives mathematical expression to our ignorance, not to our wisdom.

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