contemporary findings by others. Isn’t that so?” “Of course. We have a scientific community to which all contribute, across the expanse of space and of time.” “Exactly. It won’t work otherwise. Each scientist, aware of the unlikelihood of accomplishing much entirely by himself, is forced into the community, cannot help becoming part of the clearinghouse. Progress thus becomes enormously greater than it would be if this did not exist.” “Is not this the case on Aurora and the other Spacer worlds, too?” asked Baley. “In theory it is; in practice not so much. The pressures in a long-lived society
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