“But perhaps you know scientists on your world.” “I have met some,” said Baley cautiously. “You know how they work? We are told that on Earth they cooperate out of necessity. They have, at most, half a century of active labor in the course of their short lives. Less than seven metric decades. Not much can be done in that time.” “Some of our scientists have accomplished quite a deal in considerably less time.” “Because they have taken advantage of the findings others have made before them and profit from the use they can make of contemporary findings by others. Isn’t that so?” “Of course. We
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