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He is intelligent, but not experienced. His pattern indicates two dimensional thinking.
— Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan • 1982
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker separates intelligence from experience, then points to a pattern described as two-dimensional thinking. The assessment grants ability while identifying a limitation. One reading concerns a narrow approach that misses another dimension of a problem, presenting experience as something intelligence alone does not supply.
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