If intellectual power is to be developed, we must somehow construct amplifiers for intelligence - devices that, supplied with a little intelligence, will emit a lot. (W. Ross Ashby)

If intellectual power is to be developed, we must somehow construct amplifiers for intelligence - devices that, supplied with a little intelligence, will emit a lot.

W. Ross Ashby

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