Failure to Create:

Wisdom from . . .

THE OUTER LIMITS

. . . . Man produces little that is lasting—truly lasting. It's understandable. Fear, conformity, immorality; these are heavy burdens. Great drainers of creative energy. And when we are drained of creative energy we do not create. We procreate; we do not create.

The human race has a gift . . . that sets it above all the other creatures that abound upon this planet: the gift of thought, of reasoning, of understanding. The highly-developed brain. But the human race has ceased to develop. It struggles for petty comfort and false security; there is no time for thought. Soon there will be no time for reasoning, and Man will lose sight of the truth.

  — “The Sixth Finger,” written by Ellis St. Joseph and Joseph Stefano, The Outer Limits, broadcast 14 October 1963

The YouTube videos display versions of the original that have been tampered with and parts have been cut out. In the full version of the episode you would find 1st quote @ 30 min., 2nd quote @ 38:35 min. And then there comes a pivotal moment . . .

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