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But every time our ability to access information and to communicate it to others is improved, in some sense we have achieved an increase over natural intelligence.

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Vernor Vinge
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: October 2
Computer Scientist
Mathematician
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Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Waukesha
Wisconsin
Vernor Steffen Vinge
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