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Do you have any specific references? I’ve often wondered if human level intelligence might inevitably be plagued by human level neurosis and psychosis.
by tome 1y ago
Do you have any specific references? I’ve often wondered if human level intelligence might inevitably be plagued by human level neurosis and psychosis.
- Doohickey-d 1y agoIt's a bit more recent than a few decades, but this sounds a lot like the short story "MMAcevedo": https://qntm.org/mmacevedo https://qntm.org/mmacevedo
- B1FF_PSUVM 1y agoSorry, fuzzy memory. I was going to write "six months", that's what stuck with me. Not one of the mainline "Known Space" stories, if it was Niven at all. Maybe the suggestion about Frank Herbert in another comment is right, I also read a lot by him besides Dune - I particularly appreciated the Bureau of Sabotage concept ...