Already for thirty-five years he had not stopped talking and almost nothing of fundamental value had emerged.

Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people.

A clone of Einstein wouldn't be stupid, but he wouldn't necessarily be any genius, either.

There is no firm reason to anticipate that the intellectual capacities of peoples geographically separated in their evolution should prove to have evolved identically. Our wanting to reserve equal powers of reason as some universal heritage of humanity will not be enough to make it so.

Knowing "why" (an idea) is more important than learning "what" (the fact).

Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.

No good model ever accounted for all the facts, since some data was bound to be misleading if not plain wrong.