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Our Present Culture May Be Largely Shaped By This Strange Idea Of Isolating Children's Thought From Adult Thought. Perhaps The Way Our Culture Educates Its Children Better Explains Why Most Of Us Come Out As Dumb As They Do, Than It Explains How Some Of Us Come Out As Smart As They Do.

What Magical Trick Makes Us Intelligent? The Trick Is That There Is No Trick. The Power Of Intelligence Stems From Our Vast Diversity, Not From Any Single, Perfect Principle.

What Would A Martian Visitor Think To See A Human Being Laugh? It Must Look Truly Horrible: The Sight Of Furious Gestures, Flailing Limbs, And Thorax Heaving In Frenzied Contortions.

Kubrick's Vision Seemed To Be That Humans Are Doomed, Whereas Clarke's Is That Humans Are Moving On To A Better Stage Of Evolution.

The Principal Activities Of Brains Are Making Changes In Themselves.