“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
“Beware not to use the future as an excuse to ignore living in the present.”
As quoted in Serious Wonder (22 June 2015). "A conversation on cyborgism" http://www.seriouswonder.com/a-conversation-on-cyborgism-interview-with-u-k-cyborg-neil-harbisson/
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