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"I kind of take it for granted that our great-grandchildren will regard us as a sort of precursor species. That they won't think of us as human and if we could see them, we probably wouldn't think of them as human either."
- William Gibson
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| Genetic designers create better-than-perfect eyes for replicants. |
A genetic designer of eyes has an unpleasant meeting with replicants who interrupt his lab work.
 (Genetic design of eyes from Blade Runner) |
| Technovelgy from Blade Runner,
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