He Had Studied At Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Where He Had
Learned To Write Equations Of The Most Abstruse Kind, Without As Much
As A Tremble Of The Chalk.
"He had studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he had
learned to write equations of the most abstruse kind, without as much
as a tremble of the chalk.
-- Isaac Asimov "More Things in Heaven and Earth"
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It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what
they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed
that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so
much -- the wheel, New York wars and so on -- whilst all the dolphins
had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time....
It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what
they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed
that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so
much -- the wheel, New York wars and so on -- whilst all the dolphins
had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time....