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- Subject: Re: Territory and Space Empires
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- Date: 4 Jan 93 02:10:11 GMT
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- In article <lt44553@pro-smof.cts.com> wixer!cactus.org!wixer!pro-smof.cts.com!shiva@cactus.org (System Smof) writes:
- >You want a Star Trek Syndrome pidgeonhole for humans?
- >
- >Humans are lucky.
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- This is actually an idea of Larry Niven's from _The Ringworld
- Engineers_. Humans are lucky and were bred by the Puppeteers for
- luck to beat the Kzin. Also see his short story "Safe At Any Speed."
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- Ron
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