The Great Adventure
Yin and yang, the paradox. only intelligent beings can create good or evil. basic animals don't distinguish such things. evolution sorted that one out, but lapsed when it created intelligent life.
The Choice Between Right and Wrong
#2 of the morality paradox commission for shaesullivan continuation of no such thing as good and evil erico sat in the dim light of the single lamp while he poured over a computer screen that had once belonged to dr. javi kevir.
Worlds Apart - Chapter Seventeen
paradoxically, as the religion’s rationality waned, their membership bloomed. the huddled masses were looking for simple answers, which the jehovah’s warriors were eager to provide.
The Edge of Sapphire - Chapter 6 - The Bleeding Edge
The way leading out to the landing pad was illuminated by a bright flare of ghostly white light, paradoxically cold despite its brightness, and at last it faded away to reveal the colossal pearl-hulled insectoid hovering above the landing pad and swaying gently
Attar of Blue Roses, Part 2
"it's the greatest paradox i've ever known. from the public perception, i'm supposed to be unassailable; the voice of the cuddly-wuddly bear can't possibly be merely mortal, with the base appetites of the rest of sapientkind.
Comfortably Fragile (Chapter4, Act1, Book2)
If one could see the future, their knowledge would create a paradox that would immediately change the future. it is therefore impossible." "unless, of course, the oracle chooses to remain impartial to what is seen.
Lattes and Legends
Ancient armored scales adorned her back in tones of earthen clay, although the robe that she wore (adapted, appropriately, from the _longpao_ or dragon robe) covered her well, providing a paradoxical sense of delicate royalty and friendly warmth.
The Perfectly Average Boy
He was supposed to be human for that because his future self had been, and he didn't want to create a time paradox and cause a chain reaction that would unravel the very fabric of the space-time continuum and destroy the entire universe after all.
Of Mice and Menace
._ paradoxically, the gate in the fence bore no padlock. perhaps keaton had a non-sapient pet who enjoyed the freedom of running around the yard.
Richard Cory
His headfur was more like a close-cropped lion's mane, including the ruff down onto his chest, and almost paradoxically, it was a stunning, dark antique gold that could catch whatever light was in the room and convince you that it was actually a kind of halo-like
The Complexities of Thumper Part 2
This is the part that i'm really worried about falling into all kinds of things such as; paradoxes, quicksand, questionable philosophy, logic traps involving time, wormholes, plot irregularities, non-newtonian fluid, stuff like that.
Walls: Exodus 23 - A Moral Mosaic
But, what relevance did the fermi paradox have to all this?" i said. hub whispered in my mind once more, 'i've always had a fondness for this lesson...'