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Intelligence Quotes by Arthur C. Clarke

13 Intelligence quotes by Arthur C. Clarke

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If you’ve ever wondered how a writer of space‑age epics thought about the mind, this handful of Clarke’s reflections offers a crisp glimpse. Though brief, the selections capture his knack for marrying imagination with thoughtful speculation on what it means to be smart.

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No one of intelligence resents the inevitable.

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“We can be sure of tale; We can only pray for genius”

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It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.

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“We can be sure of talent; We can only pray for genius”

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“I think that the people that say we will never develop computer intelligence — they merely prove that some biological systems don't…

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“My favourite definition of an intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelligence. [ Sources and Acknowledgements : Chapter 19]”

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The phenomenon of UFO doesn't say anything about the presence of intelligence in space. It just shows how rare it is here…

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“Long ago the signalling had become no more than a meaningless ritual, now maintained by an animal which had forgotten to learn…

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“But it had been widely argued that advanced intelligence could never arise in the sea; there were not enough challenges in so…

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My favorite definition of an intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelligence'.

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“Well, I guess [2001: A Space Odyssey] legitimized [science fiction], particularly for people who looked down on science fiction; you know, the…

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There is no reason to assume that the universe has the slightest interest in intelligence—or even in life. Both may be random…

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In fact, one of the arguments for searching for intelligent life in space, elsewhere, is that we have no evidence that intelligence…

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Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware,…

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We cannot predict the new forces, powers, and discoveries that will be disclosed to us when we reach the other planets and set up…

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I am unable to distinguish clearly between your religious ceremonies and apparently identical behavior at the sporting and cultural functions you have transmitted to…

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I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.

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You can't have it both ways. You can't have both free will and a benevolent higher power who protects you from yourself.

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Astronomy, as nothing else can do, teaches men humility.

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Nowhere in space will we rest our eyes upon the familiar shapes of trees and plants, or any of the animals that share our…

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“The universe is full of energy, but much of it is at equilibrium. At equilibrium no energy can flow, and therefore it cannot be…

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“Here the trees surrounded them with an invisible, anechoic blanket, so that every word seemed sucked into silence the moment it was uttered.”

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“I’m a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything.”

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There were some things that only time could cure. Evil men could be destroyed, but nothing could be done with good men who were…

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“Pure coincidence, of course, but a sensible man makes coincidences work for him.”

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They will have time enough, in those endless aeons, to attempt all things, and to gather all knowledge no Gods imagined by our minds…

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“One thing seems certain. Our galaxy is now in the brief springtime of its life—a springtime made glorious by such brilliant blue-white stars as…

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Now I understand,” said the last man.

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