# Quote — Charles Sheffield, Transcendence

> Kallik’s explanation was neat, logical, and complete. Like most such explanations, it was, in Hans Rebka’s view, almost certainly wrong. That was not the way the real world operated.

- Author: [Charles Sheffield](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield.md)
- Book: [Transcendence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/transcendence.md)
- Page: 212
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Sheffield#Transcendence_(1992)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/transcendence/kalliks-explanation-was

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> What I found was worse than diversity—it was insanity.

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> The answers come pat and fast. You see, what the downsiders want isn’t an explanation; it’s a catchphrase they can use instead of an explanation.

p. 101 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/transcendence/the-answers-come.md)

> If you win too easy, better ask what’s going on that you don’t know about.

p. 125 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/transcendence/if-you-win.md)