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Originally Posted by The Batlord
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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The simple fact that it is written shows that it was reported - all of the stories are being told, which means that it was read from the report that they made afterwards, just dramatised in a sort of first person. As far why they didn't stick around to solve the problem, or justify it, it might not have been their job: there are many examples of people whose jobs are simply to innovate, to figure out how something might be done or why it would happen, without having to justify their deduction. Given that problem solving is already split up in that manner to a large extent these days, it's not impossible that such specialisation would continue into the future.