Great point.

Great link, thanks.

I personally feel that "Cogito ergo sum" means that taking assertions on faith is simply foolhardy, because the only opinion that one can truly trust is your own. Not that you should take my word for it.

That is depressing.

"everytime you open your browser , by showing you quote". That amount of typos is terrible.

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Could you please post a link of where you heard of this story? I would love to learn what became of it.

Just google his name and "rivets". Looks like it's actually a joking remark Card makes himself to express what it's like to dabble in both sci-fi and fantasy (Card is successful with both).

    Card maintains that switching genres wasn't a difficult 
    thing for him. He believes that, ultimately, the 
    difference between the two genres is largely on the 
    surface. "Half joking, I was writing to Ben (Bova) about  
    this very subject, and I said, look, fantasy has trees, 
    and science fiction has rivets. That's it, that's all  
    the difference there is, the difference of feel,
    perception.

This is great! Thank you!

Webpages are files too...