What - and you expect there's some hidden genius down there on the planet's surface, herding cows, just waiting for the light to shine upon them so that they can blossom?
[ Byerly, of course, comes from a planet full of people who were isolated from civilization, who became backwards and inbred and half-crazed from their seven-hundred-year isolation. And when the light of the galaxy shone on them again, yes, some proved to be geniuses indeed. But he likes to be provocative. ]
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[ Byerly, of course, comes from a planet full of people who were isolated from civilization, who became backwards and inbred and half-crazed from their seven-hundred-year isolation. And when the light of the galaxy shone on them again, yes, some proved to be geniuses indeed. But he likes to be provocative. ]