In Fair Game, I find it amazing how these "intellectual" people come to radical conclusions and assume they're correct. Prof. Anthony Douglas's colleagues whipped up possibilities but the ones they landed on they assumed were correct. The way they spoke didn't reflect that they were unsure of what the other beings wanted, but rather that they have already scientifically discovered the answer. In the end, the higher beings had an entirely different purpose and if you look back, you'll realize the title was a hint to the ending.
It also reflects ideas of Worth and Self-worth and the differences between them. In the story, Douglas and his colleagues were making their conclusions based on their own views of how much Douglas is worth, as compared to how much the higher beings think he's worth. It just goes to show that not everyone's opinion is the same.
In the Chromium Fence, we can observe more about Worth. This whole story is about peoples' opinions and how they can be blown out of proportion, how ideas can be forced upon others, and how much your own opinion is worth. I think it's interesting how Don Walsh didn't choose a side, because a neutral stance was worth dying for. In other peoples' views, he had died for nothing; no cause at all, but to him, he had died being himself and that is what matters. I don't think I would have been able to stay neutral and die for it thinking it was my own cause, but that goes to show the influence of peer-pressure in society can have great impact.
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