Hiram Mackenzie

Vice-Co-ordinator of the Northern Region


Quotes (Authored)

What we call a "wrong datum" is one which is inconsistent with all other known data. It is our only criterion of right and wrong.

  • Isaac Asimov, Hiram Mackenzie

    • "The Machine is only a tool after all, which can help humanity progress faster by taking some of the burdens of calculations and interpretations off its back. The task of the human brain remains what it has always been; that of discovering new data to be analyzed, and of devising new concepts to be tested. A pity the Society for Humanity won't understand that."

    "They are against the Machine?"

    "They would be against mathematics or against the art of writing if they had lived at the appropriate time. These reactionaries of the Society claim the Machine robs man of his soul. I notice that capable men are still at a premium in our society; we still need the man who is intelligent enough to think of the proper questions to ask."

  • Isaac Asimov, Steven Byerley, Hiram Mackenzie