Chapter 16 (pp. 307-308)
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“This is the worst excess of conjecture and wishful thinking,” snapped Jackson. “We don’t know if Isaac is capable of any of this.”
“He believes he is,” said Bi Wei.
“I once met a woman who believed she was abducted by aliens who looked like the Teletubbies,” Jackson shot back. “That doesn’t make it true.”
— Jim C. Hines
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "“This is the worst excess of conjecture and wishful thinking,” snapped Jackson. “We don’t know if Isaac is capable of any of this.”
“He believes he is,” said Bi Wei.
“I once met a woman who believed she was abducted by aliens who looked like the Teletubbies,” Jackson shot back. “That doesn’t make it true.”" in the context of "Chapter 16 (pp. 307-308)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Jim C. Hines
Jim C. Hines (born April 15, 1974) is an American fantasy writer.
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