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0 pointsApocryphon2y ago0 comments

As I mention in the other comment, I wonder if the regurgitation of research idea was Asimov's take on far future galactic dark ages Scholasticism. Which would fit the theme of stagnation, sure.

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b1122y ago

While none of us live in a bubble, I dislike the concept that alludes to non-original thought as the basis of ideas.

He could have merely looked around, thought to the future, and derived ideas... independently, from his own thoughts on the matter.

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0 pointsApocryphon2y ago0 comments

As I mention in the other comment, I wonder if the regurgitation of research idea was Asimov's take on far future galactic dark ages Scholasticism. Which would fit the theme of stagnation, sure.

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b1122y ago

While none of us live in a bubble, I dislike the concept that alludes to non-original thought as the basis of ideas.

He could have merely looked around, thought to the future, and derived ideas... independently, from his own thoughts on the matter.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse