All these potentialities, all these latent powers—we do not possess them, nor do we understand them. Our… — Arthur C. Clarke
All these potentialities, all these latent powers—we do not possess them, nor do we understand them. Our intellects are far more powerful than yours, but there is something in your minds that has always eluded us.
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