Douglas Adams Quotes About Intelligence
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I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.
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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. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.
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Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
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I like the cover," he said. "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day.
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