the Ultimate Discovery would be seen to be bogus, a piece of nonsense so derided that people thought it was a wonder it had ever been taken seriously, and noted both the ‘discovery’ and the resulting reactions as an unpleasant black spot on modern history. The philosopher scientists were blamed wholeheartedly, and they in turn blamed each other, and all tried not to broadcast their own personal shame. It was almost perfect. And it would have been, if not for one oversight. That oversight was one man. He was Reshuffled, but his memories were left more-or-less intact, and his mind was sent to
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