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{{quote|''Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.''|''From a t-shirt, of all places''}}
{{quote|''Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.''|''From a t-shirt, of all places''}}


{{quote|Beware, you who seek first and final principles, for you are trampling the garden of an angry God and he awaits you just beyond the last theorem. |''Sister Miriam Godwinson'', [[Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri]]}}
{{quote|Beware, you who seek first and final principles, for you are trampling the garden of an angry God and he awaits you just beyond the last theorem. |''Sister Miriam Godwinson'', [[Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri]]}}


{{quote|Caught...in the wheels of progress.|'''[[Coleman Francis]]''', in the [[Fauxlosophic Narration]] to ''[[The Beast of Yucca Flats]]''}}
{{quote|Caught...in the wheels of progress.|'''[[Coleman Francis]]''', in the [[Fauxlosophic Narration]] to ''[[The Beast of Yucca Flats]]''}}
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{{quote|"Hey, we made cancer airborne and contagious! You're welcome. We're Science. We're all about 'coulda,' not 'shoulda.'"|'''[[Patton Oswalt]],''' ''Werewolves and Lollipops''}}
{{quote|"Hey, we made cancer airborne and contagious! You're welcome. We're Science. We're all about 'coulda,' not 'shoulda.'"|'''[[Patton Oswalt]],''' ''Werewolves and Lollipops''}}


{{quote|10. '''Luddite Rule (or, George Lucas Rule)'''<br />
{{quote|10. '''Luddite Rule (or, George Lucas Rule)'''
Speaking of which, technology is inherently evil and is the exclusive province of the Bad Guys. They're the ones with the robots, factories, cyberpunk megalopolises and floating battle stations, while the Good Guys live in small villages in peaceful harmony with nature. [[Moral Myopia|(Although somehow your guns and/or heavily armed airships are exempted from this.)]]|[[The Grand List of Console Role Playing Game Cliches]]}}
Speaking of which, technology is inherently evil and is the exclusive province of the Bad Guys. They're the ones with the robots, factories, cyberpunk megalopolises and floating battle stations, while the Good Guys live in small villages in peaceful harmony with nature. [[Moral Myopia|(Although somehow your guns and/or heavily armed airships are exempted from this.)]]|[[The Grand List of Console Role Playing Game Cliches]]}}


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{{quote|''Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they '''could''', they didn't stop to think if they '''should'''.''|'''Dr. Ian Malcolm''', ''[[Jurassic Park]]''}}
{{quote|''Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they '''could''', they didn't stop to think if they '''should'''.''|'''Dr. Ian Malcolm''', ''[[Jurassic Park]]''}}


{{quote|''WHAT HAS SCIENCE DOOOOOONE?!''|'''Dr. Weird''', After unleashing a giant robot rabbit, ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Animation)|Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]''}}
{{quote|''WHAT HAS SCIENCE DOOOOOONE?!''|'''Dr. Weird''', After unleashing a giant robot rabbit, ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]''}}


{{quote|''Science hurts!''|'''Science Vessel''', Attacking, ''[[Starcraft II (Video Game)|Starcraft II]]''}}
{{quote|''Science hurts!''|'''Science Vessel''', Attacking, ''[[StarCraft II]]''}}


{{quote|''Will we next create false gods to rule over us? How proud we have become, and how blind.''|''Sister Miriam Godwinson, "We Must Dissent"'' ''[[Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri]]''}}
{{quote|''Will we next create false gods to rule over us? How proud we have become, and how blind.''|''Sister Miriam Godwinson, "We Must Dissent"'' ''[[Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri]]''}}


{{quote|''You're listening to [[Half Life|Black Mesa]] radio: We play the hits while you [[A God Am I|play God]]."|A [[Gag Dub]] of the [[Half Life]] intro by [[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]]}}
{{quote|''You're listening to [[Half Life|Black Mesa]] radio: We play the hits while you [[A God Am I|play God]]."|A [[Gag Dub]] of the [[Half Life]] intro by [[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]]}}


{{quote|''"Science never solves a problem without creating ten more."''
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|'''George Bernard Shaw'''}}
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Latest revision as of 16:54, 12 January 2021
There's no scientific consensus that life is important!
—Professor Farnsworth, Futurama
Ignorance is bliss. Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Personally, I think bliss is overrated.
—Collection of aesops
Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.
—From a t-shirt, of all places
Beware, you who seek first and final principles, for you are trampling the garden of an angry God and he awaits you just beyond the last theorem.
—Sister Miriam Godwinson, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Caught...in the wheels of progress.
—Coleman Francis, in the Fauxlosophic Narration to The Beast of Yucca Flats
"Hey, we made cancer airborne and contagious! You're welcome. We're Science. We're all about 'coulda,' not 'shoulda.'"
—Patton Oswalt, Werewolves and Lollipops

10. Luddite Rule (or, George Lucas Rule)

Speaking of which, technology is inherently evil and is the exclusive province of the Bad Guys. They're the ones with the robots, factories, cyberpunk megalopolises and floating battle stations, while the Good Guys live in small villages in peaceful harmony with nature. (Although somehow your guns and/or heavily armed airships are exempted from this.)
—The Grand List of Console Role Playing Game Cliches
"All our lauded technological progress - our very civilization - is like the axe in the hand of the pathological criminal."
—Albert Einstein
Me go too far! ...Me am play gods!
—Caveman Science Fiction
Science... Has failed... Our world! Science... has failed our Mother Earth!
—System of a Down, Science
"Science leads you to killing people."
—Ben Stein
He tampered in God's domain.
—Bride of the Monster
Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
—Dr. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park
WHAT HAS SCIENCE DOOOOOONE?!
—Dr. Weird, After unleashing a giant robot rabbit, Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Science hurts!
—Science Vessel, Attacking, StarCraft II
Will we next create false gods to rule over us? How proud we have become, and how blind.
—Sister Miriam Godwinson, "We Must Dissent" Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
You're listening to Black Mesa radio: We play the hits while you play God."
—A Gag Dub of the Half Life intro by Yahtzee

"Science never solves a problem without creating ten more."

—George Bernard Shaw
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