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Old 09-01-2012, 08:33 AM   #4381 (permalink)
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Well, they are experimental scientists... it's actually quite consistent with their behaviour in the rest of the short stories that they would make that assumption based on the observed data.
How is it consistent with the actions of a scientist to deduce something, assume it to be true, and then run off and leave everyone else to deal with the problem without even mentioning that there might be a problem? Just because Asimov is regarded as some nerd god, doesn't mean he can't write something dumb.
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