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{{quote|There are three schools of magic. One: State a tautology, then ring the changes on its corollaries; that's philosophy. Two: Record many facts. Try to see a pattern. Then make a wrong guess at the next fact; that's science. Three: Awareness that you live in a malevolent universe controlled by [[Murphy's Law]], sometimes offset in part by [[w:Brewster's angle|Brewster's Factor]]: that's engineering.}}
{{quote|"Be durned! Why do you always behave like a fritterhead?"
"Why don't you ever look beneath the surface, young man! I laugh because I dare not cry. This is a crazy world and the only way to enjoy it is to treat it as a joke. That doesn't mean I don't read and can't think. I read everything from Giblett to Hoyle, from Sartre to Pauling. I read in the tub, I read on the john, I read in bed, I read when I eat alone, and I would read in my sleep if I could keep my eyes open. Deety, this is proof that Zebbie has never been in my bed; the books downstairs are display; the stuff I read is staked in my bedroom."}}
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