Trurl says: “This is nonsense!”
Machine says: Possibly. I only pass on to you the findings of one of our better junior colleagues.
Narration: they would float through space instead of suns and galaxies, each existing entirely on its own.
Narration: Societies, you see, arise solely from imperfect beings, those who cannot manage without some sort of mutual support.
Narration: when Trurl the graduate student approached them with a questionnaire, he was given an awful beating
Trurl says: “H’m. And what was his conclusion?”
Machine says: Let me out of here, and then maybe I’ll tell you more.
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