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If you haven't, please read Asimov's short story "Nightfall". Your comment was made for it. http://www.astro.sunysb.edu/fwalter/AST389/TEXTS/Nightfall.htm htt

• mturmon 12y ago
  You are right. The story touches in a thought-provoking way on several of the points raised by the parent comment.
• scrumper 12y ago
  I was not aware so I just did - thanks. Very much enjoyed that.