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  "thread": {
    "id": 762,
    "subject": "Digest urth.v013.n003",
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    "first": "1998-06-11T17:25:05+00:00",
    "last": "1998-06-11T17:25:05+00:00"
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      "message_id": "<urth-v0013-0022@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Neal Smith",
        "address": "nsmith at micro.ti.com"
      },
      "date": "1998-06-11T17:25:05+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Re: Digest urth.v013.n003",
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          "text": "Alga writes:\n-------------------------------\ndesk? That's why I say colonists rather than explorers, who presumably have\nbeen trained in many skills. Or, if that won't wash, say that nearly\neveryone was killed except for a few folks as dumb as me. And that we then\ninbred and got kind of spacy, as I would imagine people do get under such\ncircumstances (cf Australia, if you like--hi Damien!).  This, it seems to\nme, would create at least a rope bridge between you and Borski.\n...\n\nExactly. They devolved because of lack of ability to pass on acquired\nknowledge. Also (this is 1972), they're a bit New Agey to start with.\n-------------------------------\n\nWith respect to the idea that the abos are \"spacey\" or \"New Agey\",\nI think the addictive, (perhaps hallucinogenic?) drug that the shadow\nchildren are shown being addicted to in \"A Story\" would provide this.\n\n-Neal Smith"
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