“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.”
“Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.”
“Did I do anything wrong today," he said, "or has the world always been like this and I've been too wrapped up in myself to notice?”
“Don't Panic.”
“Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.”
“Did I do anything wrong today," he said, "or has the world always been like this and I've been too wrapped up in myself to notice?”
“Don't Panic.”
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