I fail to see the point in Dr. Meninx. He is so short 'with us,' besides being a bigot doesn't contribute anything to the book apart from the knowledge that there are people who are against the existence of Machine People.

Is he there just to be killed off to cast doubt on other characters? And more importantly, was his death an accident or not?

Is his death really an accident or he was killed by someone? I find Hesperus character as problematic as Dr. Meninx in the book, but nothing that gives him the motive aside from Mr. Meninx dislike of Machine People. But Hesperus is supposed to be more evolved and he doesn't ring like he did it to me. I still didn't get to the part where this is resolved (if it is resolved) and don't mind spoilers.

I fail to see point in Dr. Meninx he is so short 'with us' and beside being a bigot doesn't contribute anything to the book apart from knowledge that there are people who are against existence of Machine People. Is he there just to be killed off to cast doubt on other character. And more importantly was his death an accident or not.

I fail to see the point in Dr. Meninx. He is so short 'with us,' besides being a bigot doesn't contribute anything to the book apart from the knowledge that there are people who are against the existence of Machine People. 

Is he there just to be killed off to cast doubt on other characters? And more importantly, was his death an accident or not?