# Quote — Gregory Benford, Cosm

> “Boy, do I hate these holier-than-thou types.”
>
> “Clerics.”
>
> “Anybody who tries to hem science in, tell it what it can and cannot do. Boundaries are best defined by pushing against them. Expanding our horizons, our sense of wonder.”
>
> She smiled. “There’s nothing holier than wow!?”

- Author: [Gregory Benford](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford.md)
- Book: [Cosm](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford/cosm.md)
- Page: 324
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gregory_Benford#Cosm_(1998)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/gregory-benford/cosm/boy-do-i-hate

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> All the way up through the academic world she had spent a lot of energy fending off the blandly patronizing efforts to enter her in what she termed the Oppression Sweepstakes. Now that she had done something worth noting, blackness attached itself to her like a lamprey.

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> But these were mere passing irritants. Deeper were the systemic troubles. She stressed the many unknowns; the media wanted sharp answers to huge questions, preferably in a compact one-liner. She tried to emphasize the progressive questioning of her method and how all answers were provisional, awaiting confirmation; reporters liked zippy adventure and exciting guesses with, of course, striking visuals in primary colors.

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