(November 20, 2016 at 6:35 pm)Alex K Wrote: Oof, choosing one is difficult. Those who follow my comments here know that I do not read a lot of fiction.
The book of fiction that I think about most often because of its philosophical angle is probably "Solaris" by Lem. The whole idea of humanity utterly failing to even find a way to think about the thoughts of, let alone understand the seemingly bizarre behavior of a superior intelligence, is very fascinating, add to that the setting, it's great.
Sounds like you may be interested in Strata by Terry Pratchett which at its core was about a powerful races understanding of the universe.
Not one of his best books, those are the disc world books but an interesting read.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
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