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A Miracle of Science
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Author: u/traverseda With dread but cautious optimism*
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Score: 24
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Created: 2015-09-25T01:08:47
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u/Empiricist_or_not [+6] Aspiring polite Hegemonizing swarm*
Well worth the read even if it is fluff (mad science is a psychological disease).
u/Igigigif [+2] IT Foxgirl*
Can't recommend this enough
u/MugaSofer [+2] *
Not sure if this is rational, but it is a very good piece of deconstruction/reconstruction.
u/archenemy [+2] *
I'm a few pages in. Definitely cool, even if it's not fully rationalist. I'm very very glad you posted this.
u/traverseda [+1] With dread but cautious optimism*
It's been a bit slow the last few days, figure I'll loosen the definitions a bit.
u/Farmerbob1 [+1] Level 1 author*
It's definitely got it's fair share of handwavium, but there is an organic communal AI in the story, so I'll be reading to see if they do anything interesting with it.
u/Empiricist_or_not [+1] Aspiring polite Hegemonizing swarm*
Please report back with your opinion of what they have done with it. I'm curious what you think. I think their approach to infectious memes is decent, though risky, considering the rules of the setting.
u/Farmerbob1 [+2] Level 1 author*
It's definitely not a rational story, though it has a lot of fun rational elements in it. In some ways, it feels like Freefall in that they are both an exploration of not entirely-human intelligences, but with more detailed art and a slightly more serious overall tone. That being said:
u/Empiricist_or_not [+2] Aspiring polite Hegemonizing swarm*
I think I know which mirror you mean, but I'm not sure. I'me thinking you mean in the denouncement, or do you mean closer to the crescendo?
u/Farmerbob1 [+2] Level 1 author*
At the end of A Saint Abroad And A Devil At Home It's not really a classic mirror moment because it's not self-realization or definition, but it does create a lot of introspection.