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Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
neilk@xoxo.zone ("Neil Kandalgaonkar") wrote:
In the sci-fi novella "Profession" (1957) by Isaac Asimov, everyone's brains are tested for professional aptitude when they turn 18. Then they are "Educated" by a tape-reading machine, which rapidly trains their mind for a job
One man is told his brain cannot be Educated. He rebels, and tries to learn anyway, by reading books. Everyone ridicules him for learning so slowly.
SPOILER: The brain test showed he had the rare capacity for creativity.
Thinking about this in 2026, for reasons
