I read Amputation of Destiny and your subsequent replies with interest Eliezer, here's my contribution.
The Problem With The Minds could also read The Entire Reason For The Culture/Idiran War. The Idirans consider sentient machines an abomination or to quote Consider Phlebas;
'The fools in the Culture couldn't see that one day the Minds would start thinking how wasteful and inefficient the humans in the Culture themselves were".
It's not a plot flaw, it's a plot device and it occurs throughout the series.
Your Living By Your Own Strength Point I don't agree with either as you appear to negate important backstory about the Culture. People leave and join the Culture all the time. The Culture... (read 472 more words →)
I read Amputation of Destiny and your subsequent replies with interest Eliezer, here's my contribution.
The Problem With The Minds could also read The Entire Reason For The Culture/Idiran War. The Idirans consider sentient machines an abomination or to quote Consider Phlebas;
'The fools in the Culture couldn't see that one day the Minds would start thinking how wasteful and inefficient the humans in the Culture themselves were".
It's not a plot flaw, it's a plot device and it occurs throughout the series.
Your Living By Your Own Strength Point I don't agree with either as you appear to negate important backstory about the Culture. People leave and join the Culture all the time. The Culture... (read 472 more words →)