Knowledge has always been considered infinite. However, for a decade now, companies such as Google and Wikipedia have been trying to gather all the knowledge that humankind possesses. Although the storage of knowledge is currently limited to text and images and, owing to limitations on current technology, does not do justice to knowledge in other forms such as scents, touch, and feelings, there are promising advances in technology that foretell that computer systems that are able to gather and store knowledge in all these forms might become a reality in the future. Thus,
Which of the following best completes the passage?
a. in future, possessing knowledge will require anyone to access these systems
b. the notion of having all knowledge at your fingertips is more real than illusory
c. the notion of having all knowledge at your fingertips is more illusory than real
d. today's knowledge storage systems have little relevance to the future
e. no other forms of knowledge will be required after a few years