He claimed that nearby gun thunder cleared the mind

Vernor Vinge
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He claimed that nearby gun thunder cleared the mind - but most everybody else agreed it made you daft. ✨ Vernor Vinge (2010). A Fire Upon The Deep, p.373, Macmillan
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