>
> —"King of Anything" by Sara Bareilles
-> If you want to make your stupid dream real, you need to have a realistic picture of the world. If you want a society in which men and women have the same brain, or one in which feminism actually works, you would have to make it so, with advanced biological engineering. John Varley writes fiction: so did Joanna Russ.
->
-> —[Greg Cochran](https://westhunt.wordpress.com/2015/12/12/internal-contradictions/)
-
-(The View From Nowhere)
-> "The Order of Silent Confessors exists in the hope that, so long as humanity is sane, it can make choices in accordance with its true desires. Thus there is our Order dedicated _only_ to that, and sworn not to interfere in politics. So you will spend more time discussing this scenario, my lords, my ladies, and only then generate solutions. And then ... you will decide."
->
-> —[_Three Worlds Collide_](http://lesswrong.com/lw/y6/war_andor_peace_28/) by Eliezer Yudkowsky
-
(Collective Guilt, Collective Shame)
> "My taxon, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right."
>
> —Carl Shurz (paraphrased)
-> Not what teacher said to do
-> Making dreams come true
-> Living tissue, warm flesh, weird science!
->
-> —"Weird Science" by Oingo Boingo
-
(Blanchard's Dangerous Idea)
> If you could only know
> What we really are
>
> —"Brave" by Sara Bareilles
-(on "weirdly androgynous man and occasional transvestite" being a better plan)
-> We're looking for a few good men, and you've come a long way, baby. But baby—don't cross that line. Don't ever cross that line.
->
-> —_Hidden: A Gender_ by Kate Bornstein
+> Not what teacher said to do
+> Making dreams come true
+> Living tissue, warm flesh, weird science!
+>
+> —"Weird Science" by Oingo Boingo
> "My dear, let us hope it is not true; but, if it is true, let us hope it will not become generally known."
>
> You'll cry "Deception"
>
> —"Deception", _Jem_
+
+> The realization blasted through Harry like a vast dam breaking, releasing out all its water, bursting through his mind in an irresistible flood that swept everything away.
+>
+> There is only one reality that generates all of the observations.
+>
+> If different observations seem to point in incompatible directions, it means the true hypothesis is one you haven't thought of yet.
+>
+> —_Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality_ by Eliezer Yudkowsky
+
+> Ooh-bi-doo, I wanna be like you
+> I want to walk like you, talk like you, too
+> You see it's true, an ape like me
+> Can learn to be like you, too
+>
+> —"I Wanna Be Like You", _The Jungle Book_
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