Philip Jose Farmer by Dayworld Rebel Dayworld 02

Author:Dayworld Rebel Dayworld 02 [Dayworld 02, Dayworld Rebel]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-08-11T22:04:28+00:00

sense), it could be determined (it was hoped) that certain chro mosomal patterns would be shown to be responsible for high self-centeredness.

The next step?

The government had not stated this.

It was obvious to Duncan, among many others, that the pres ent research into the alteration of chromosomal patterns before birth would be greatly stepped up. Goal: to change the un desirable patterns to desirable ones.

Just how this could be done in more than 4 or 5 percent of the unborn Duncan did not know. There just were not enough doctors and technicians to work on more than this percentage. Meanwhile, the studies had not yet been done and probably would not be for another 20 subyears or 140 obyears.

At the moment, the digested results of the study on the ratio of HI SC among zealous bridge players, homosexual males, and surgeons were being displayed. The implications of these could have been left up to the computer, but the human brain was still better in sensing subtleties and implications than the machine. Some brains were.

Duncan had the computer compress the results even more, and rotating his chair, read the desk and wall screens. Then he had each display produce voice. While listening to the verbal scan, he also considered what he would do after workhours. But he soon concentrated again on the present task.

Among the eighty million zealous bridge players, sixty-five million had a high SCI (self-centered interest index). The com parison group, eighty million citizens chosen at random, elim inating bridge players, showed that only twenty-nine million had an SCI of similar intensity. The comparison group also excluded male homosexuals, surgeons, politicians, priests, rab bis, ministers, and mullahs. Duncan had no idea why the last four groups were barred. Perhaps the government ideology prevented any consideration of "holy men and women" as non--self-centered. Or perhaps they were excluded because they were irrational and thus not fit subjects for this kind of study. If this was so, then the study was invalid in this respect.

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