Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things.Epictetus
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
British science-fiction writer · 1917 – 2008
British science-fiction writer (1917–2008), author of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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