"I have sometimes wondered whether a brain like von Neumann's does not indicate a species superior to that of man."
— John von Neumann

January 1, 1970

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Hans Bethe, as quoted in Passing of a Great Mind: John von Neumann, a Brilliant, Jovial Mathematician, was a Prodigious Servant of Science and his Country by Clay Blair Jr. (25 February 1957)