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farmer hypothesis

First appears in Book 1: The Three-Body Problem, chapter 6 (6)

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Book 1: The Three-Body Problem

Ch 6A scientist turkey infers that food arrives every morning at eleven, but on Thanksgiving the farmer kills the flock.

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