Factoring Humanity

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Anonymous
Apr 03, 2025
6/10 stars
Factoring Humanity
by Robert J. Sawyer



This is the one with the human overmind in which each seemingly individual human is actually like a neuron. Aliens are discovered and humanity connects with its own overmind and there is some stuff about realizing there are aliens would filter into the human consciousness as an understanding of otherness. There is also a false accusation of child molesting that factors into the story that is proved false by the ‘perfect’ storage of memories in the overmind. Having this sort of irrefutable version of events is sort of favorite topic of Robert Sawyer’s.

Not bad science fiction but not the best either.
Anonymous
Mar 28, 2025
6/10 stars
Factoring Humanity
by Robert J. Sawyer



This is the one with the human overmind in which each seemingly individual human is actually like a neuron. Aliens are discovered and humanity connects with its own overmind and there is some stuff about realizing there are aliens would filter into the human consciousness as an understanding of otherness. There is also a false accusation of child molesting that factors into the story that is proved false by the ‘perfect’ storage of memories in the overmind. Having this sort of irrefutable version of events is sort of favorite topic of Robert Sawyer’s.

Not bad science fiction but not the best either.
Anonymous
Mar 28, 2025
6/10 stars
Factoring Humanity
by Robert J. Sawyer



This is the one with the human overmind in which each seemingly individual human is actually like a neuron. Aliens are discovered and humanity connects with its own overmind and there is some stuff about realizing there are aliens would filter into the human consciousness as an understanding of otherness. There is also a false accusation of child molesting that factors into the story that is proved false by the ‘perfect’ storage of memories in the overmind. Having this sort of irrefutable version of events is sort of favorite topic of Robert Sawyer’s.

Not bad science fiction but not the best either.
Anonymous
Mar 28, 2025
6/10 stars
Factoring Humanity
by Robert J. Sawyer



This is the one with the human overmind in which each seemingly individual human is actually like a neuron. Aliens are discovered and humanity connects with its own overmind and there is some stuff about realizing there are aliens would filter into the human consciousness as an understanding of otherness. There is also a false accusation of child molesting that factors into the story that is proved false by the ‘perfect’ storage of memories in the overmind. Having this sort of irrefutable version of events is sort of favorite topic of Robert Sawyer’s.

Not bad science fiction but not the best either.

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