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"In this world, people -- at least rich, well-educated people -- were convinced that they could learn everything there was to know. Christian had designed cities and ships even before the Ring of Fire. He didn't see any reason he couldn't design airplanes too. Nor did he accept the idea that there was anything too complex for him to understand. To a surprising extent, that belief let him do just that."