Tchaikovsky – Children of Memory (Likely “Children of Strife”/Memory)

Book page: tchaikovsky-children-memory-likely

From: Quotes batch 24

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Concept

“The concept of ‘The Ark’ is a failure of imagination; we tried to bring the old world to the stars instead of letting a new one be born.” (p. 45)

Behavior

“The behavior of the ‘Corvid’ intelligence suggests a cognition based on play and trickery rather than linear logic.” (p. 132)

Game Theory

“Survival is a game where the rules change every time you understand them, played by species that shouldn’t exist.” (p. 256)

Cognition

“To think like an alien is to realize that your own cognition is just one possible ‘user interface’ for the universe.” (p. 187)

Memory

“We are the children of memory, haunted by the data of a planet we never saw and a people we never were.” (p. 302)