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This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one. - Arthur C. Clarke
" "This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.
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About Arthur C. Clarke
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was a British author, inventor and futurist, famous for his short stories and novels, among them 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), and as a host and commentator in the British television series Mysterious World. For many years, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Clarke were known as the "Big Three" of science fiction.
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E.G. O'Brien
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Sir Arthur Charles Clarke
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Arthur Clarke
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Others, one suspects, are afraid that the crossing of space, and above all contact with intelligent but nonhuman races, may destroy the foundations of their religious faith. They may be right, but in any event their attitude is one which does not bear logical examination — for a faith which cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.
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