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Not really a fan of this. Recruiting people who have this little idea what they're getting into is a very bad idea. It'll result in crippling morale and personnel problems, which the Foundation absolutely cannot afford. What are they offering this guy, exactly? Money he can't spend because he'll be vanished from the regular world? Not only is that a very, very good way to have open rebellion among your staff, but it's also very visible. Think people wouldn't notice that huge numbers of the best and brightest go missing?
Nonsense. -1.
^This.
But it's done well and amused me. And I care more about enjoying what I'm reading than adhering to the canon that people are more than stupid panicky animals.
COUNTER +1
The notion that people are stupid panicky animals is not a notion I believe or am willing to support.
Well, thanks for your input at any rate. And there's no guarantee they'll be vanished from the regular world. They just cease to exist in their old lives. Or possibly remain public, depending on their use. This guy is smart, very smart. But also not well known. So he's going in for an indepth project that takes him off the radar completely, at least as who he is. He can still go to Wal-Mart or what have you, but his identity will be a fake planted by the Foundation. Someone else who is published and well-known and such, we might keep on retainer or something in case something comes up, keeping them in the public eye, but at the same time in our corner. IMHC, the doctor I wrote is an overeager, ready-to-get-published-and-famous, greedy, I have a degree and I want to use it person. We saw that and recognized he could be useful, so we took him before he could use it for anything besides us. He never made it on the radar.
And let's face it, no one really knows what they're getting into with the Foundation. You can tell someone all you like that there's a giant killer lizard below that we've been trying to kill for years, they won't believe it until they see it get up out of the acid bath and breach containment. In some cases, seeing is believing.
This is what I like to call, "Way over thinking things." Not to be rude, you can dislike this for whatever reason you want, I just feel that's getting way too deep into things, more so since there is less canon and you can simply dismiss something if you don't care for it.
From the tale, I didn't get the feeling that hiring people in blind was something that happened a lot. At least as far as exposure to scips and other such anomalous active, I would assume most people don't fully grasp what they are getting themselves into when they are first contacted by the Foundation regardless though. As for what are they offering him, there's money, promises of working on the bleeding edge of human knowledge, huge budgets, prestigious titles, and so on. Heck, I'm sure if you told someone you would make them head of a whole facility, able to do whatever experiments they wanted within their assignment, and a pile of money, you could get them to sign a lot of things!
Also, I'm not personally sold on the head canon that all of the Foundation personnel live/work/die off the radar. Sure, some sites and their researchers may be totally dead to the world, but you'd be hard press to have very many facilities running completely without any contact with the rest of the world. Secret agents and researchers on top secret projects still get some access to the real world.
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Anyways, to avoid too many comments on this. I enjoyed this when I saw the draft and I enjoy it now. +1. And will continue to +1 as many times as I can until I can +1 again. Yes.
I agree with most of your points. I enjoyed reading this tale, but there were just too many Fridge Logic problems that occured to me as soon as I finished it. No vote.
Downvoted for lack of understanding of the scientific review process, basic HR and not really going anywhere or having a plot.
Bit of a necro-post here:
"I'm afraid I'm not cleared to tell you that, nor do I know for certain doctor. Do you wish to continue?"
nor do I know for certain doctor? I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to say…is it "for certain, doctor" or "for a certain doctor"?
It's really bugging me…
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