Semantics

What do you mean you don't know James Randi?

"This is not what I had in mind."

"Look, I just showed you that I can read thoughts, didn't I? Now stop making excuses and cough up that million already."

The law

"For I have designed thee, thou shalt abide by these laws which I shall give thee..."

"Sixth law: no man shall kill another man, except when this would conflict with laws number one to five. Seventh law..."

Bioethics

"That's right. We were trying to genetically engineer a Homo mathematicus, a human being with an intuitive grasp of chance and probabilities. But some people said that we were doing something immoral and had us shut down."

"Religious groups? Human rights organizations?"

"Lottery vendors."