Language, culture, and trained methodologies are forms of cognitive technology... tools that alter the nature of the tasks that the human brain must perform. They allow us to environment-engineer our own minds, installing new behavioral programs to solve complex problems.

 — Andy Clark, Natural-Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence (2003)

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. 

 — Arthur C. Clarke, Profiles of the Future (1962)