"Your mind has been conditioned to Euclid," Holloway said. "So this — thing — bores us, and seems pointless. But a child knows nothing of Euclid. A different sort of geometry from ours wouldn't impress him as being illogical. He believe what he sees."
"Are you trying to tell me that this gadget's got a fourth dimensional extension?" Paradine demanded.
"Not visually, anyway," Holloway denied. "All I say is that our minds, conditioned to Euclid, can see nothing in this but an illogical tangle of wires. But a child especially a baby might see more. Not at first. It'd be a puzzle, of course. Only a child wouldn't be handicapped by too many preconceived ideas."
"Hardening of the thought-arteries," Jane interjected.


Mimsy Were The Borogoves (1943)

Lewis Padgett Quotes

Your mind has been conditioned to Euclid, Holloway said. So this — thing — bores us, and seems pointless. But a child knows nothing of Euclid. A...

Your mind has been conditioned to Euclid, Holloway said. So this — thing — bores us, and seems pointless. But a child knows nothing of Euclid. A...

Your mind has been conditioned to Euclid, Holloway said. So this — thing — bores us, and seems pointless. But a child knows nothing of Euclid. A...

Your mind has been conditioned to Euclid, Holloway said. So this — thing — bores us, and seems pointless. But a child knows nothing of Euclid. A...