Talk:Brain Wave

Dubious

For what it's worth, Pebble in the Sky had a device which improved the synapse connectivity of the brain, which had the unexpected effect of greatly increasing intelligence. Brain Wave had the removal of a natural suppression field. (This is based on the respective articles, not on my memory of reading the books many years ago.) I don't see it as a similar effect. I think we would need a quasi-reliable source in order for the sentence to remain. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 13:44, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Another major difference: in Pebble in the Sky, the effect is confined to one or two humans; in Brian Wave the whole of the animal kingdom, including all of humanity, is affected.--Michael C. Price talk 14:04, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Never having read Pebble, you two make a convincing argument. Google didn't turn up much to support the claim, either. faithless (speak) 14:11, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(sigh) alright i give in. Its just i read both books back-to-back and it really did seem like there was a link between the two. however, you guys are right wikipedia is not a forum. Until i can find some source i concede. —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Isiah (talk • contribs) 23:58, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Vinge

I'm sure I saw somewhere that this was one of the things that inspired Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep - in particular, the "Zones of Thought" concept. DS (talk) 12:44, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly seems likely. [1] although no direct quotes by Vinge. --Michael C. Price talk 12:51, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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