Iain Banks, Piece (1989)
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Reason shapes the future, but superstition infects the present.
— Iain Banks on Superstition
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Reason shapes the future, but superstition infects the present." in the context of "Iain Banks, Piece (1989)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Superstition" (B)
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About Iain Banks
Iain Menzies Banks (February 16, 1954 – June 9, 2013), officially Iain Banks, was a Scottish writer. As Iain M. Banks he wrote science fiction; as Iain Banks he wrote literary fiction.
About Iain Banks
Iain Menzies Banks (February 16, 1954 – June 9, 2013), officially Iain Banks, was a Scottish writer. As Iain M. Banks he wrote science fiction; as Iain Banks he wrote literary fiction.
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