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'But first of all,' he said, 'I want to clear up a preliminary matter--of some practical importance.'
He concentrated on his hands spread out on the table before him. 'I'd like to put it to Davis. Here we have he says, a new kind of mind appearing in the world, a hard, clear, insistent mind. It used to appear at uncertain intervals. Rarely. It said: "Why not?" and it made discoveries. Now apparently it is becoming--frequent. Not abundant as yet but frequent. Well, what I want to know is, is this new kind of mind when it appears complete? Let me be perfectly plain about that. Certain genes making up the human mentality, we agree, have been altered in this new type. These new minds are harder, clearer, more essentially honest--yes. But are they completely detached from the old stuff or are they in many cases a sort of half-breed and all mixed up with it?