Timeline for Why did Hari Seldon reveal the existence of the Second Foundation in the first place?
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| Apr 29, 2020 at 8:19 | comment | added | Michael | I can't see anywhere that the specific reason is mentioned. Entirely speculative, but I can see the potential - if you know there is another Foundation also trying to rebuild civilisation, you might (at a population level) be less risk-averse knowing that there is another option out there as a safety. Over centuries, it might be small changes in the way of thinking that still add up to very different outcomes - chaos theory in action? In-universe, all paths were modelled but we're not given enough details of psychohistory to know why that reveal led to a better outcome. | |
| Apr 29, 2020 at 5:12 | comment | added | Jacob Schneider | This mostly makes sense, but I feel like there true purpose would have been better hidden if Seldon didn't reveal them at all. Unless of course as you said maybe knowing of there existence was some how necessary to aid the first foundation early on. I can't remember anything like that happening though. | |
| Apr 28, 2020 at 10:43 | history | answered | Michael | CC BY-SA 4.0 |