The people who devised physical theory and constructed jump engines were not the same people who made political decisions, or who allowed themselves … - Jack McDevitt

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The people who devised physical theory and constructed jump engines were not the same people who made political decisions, or who allowed themselves to be swept up by the current media craze, or to be ruled by centuries-old traditions that might once have served to hold nations together but now had become counterproductive.
Don’t assume that a species is intelligent because it produces intelligent individuals.