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Catching crumbs from the table

Nature volume 405, page 517 (2000)Cite this article

In the face of metahuman science, humans have become metascientists.

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  1. Ted Chiang is an occasional writer of science fiction. His latest story can be found in the anthology Vanishing Acts, published by Tor Books.

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Chiang, T. Catching crumbs from the table. Nature 405, 517 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35014679

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