AI.MAYANK@MCC.ARPA (10/04/85)
From: Mayank Prakash <AI.Mayank@MCC.ARPA> >On the otherside of the coin, I recall a story (book?) wherein the >upstart new Earthlings first come out into space, after having been >given the technology for space drive, and suddenly the galaxy finds >itself up a creek, because the humans are conniving, conning, and in >general swindling the other people of the galaxy, because it turns >out the humans are just plain smarter than the other races. > >Just out of curiosity, anyone got a name for this story? There is a similar story by Clarke called "The Rescue Party", in which the humans are supposed to be the smartest race in the Galaxy. -mayank. -------