(Alien SF) Cilketat thinks it’s close to a mathematical breakthrough, but needs more bodies to do the calculations. (2,457 words; Time: 08m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
"The Mathematician," by Tom Jolly [bio] (edited by Trevor Quachri), appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact issue 09-10|17, published on August 17, 2017 by Penny Publications.
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Pro: It’s a nice conundrum: to avoid stagnation, the Keltki mix and swap bodies, but the mixing causes a loss of knowledge, making progress difficult. Deliberately filtering bodies—that is, performing a non-random mix—is forbidden.
So Cilketat dies, but its ideas manage to survive through Aratskat.
Con: Cilketat worried that mixing would cause it to lose knowledge, but the far more violent merger with Aratskat seems to have left most of the key knowledge intact.
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So Cilketat dies, but its ideas manage to survive through Aratskat.
Con: Cilketat worried that mixing would cause it to lose knowledge, but the far more violent merger with Aratskat seems to have left most of the key knowledge intact.
Other Reviews: Search Web, Browse Review Sites (Issue 09-10|17)
Tom Jolly Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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