4 Arthur C. Clarke Quotes on Education

Arthur C. Clarke quotes on education

12. One of the biggest roles of science fiction is to prepare people to accept the future without pain and to encourage a flexibility of mind. Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. Two-thirds of 2001 is realistic - hardware and technology - to establish background for the metaphysical, philosophical, and religious meanings later.

18. Any teacher that can be replaced by a machine should be!

19. I would defend the liberty of consenting adult creationists to practice whatever intellectual perversions they like in the privacy of their own homes; but it is also necessary to protect the young and innocent.

63. My favourite definition of 'Intellectual' is: 'A person whose education surpasses their intelligence.'