James Halperin'"Often we can't even identify sociopaths, much less determine their intentions. Eventually some of these people will have the capacity to end all life on earth; it's only a matter of tie. Until we build a truth machine."
"How long would it take you?"
"I'm guessing 15 to 20 years, and it'll cost at least several hundred million dollars. But I really think I can do it. And when I do, it'll change absolutely everything."
Now neither of them laughed. They knew he wasn't joking."'
The Truth Machine, James L Halperin
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