A Referer is a Culture term for an entity with significantly lower intelligence than a Mind who is able to accurately predict outcomes in complex systems nearly 100% of the time. Such individuals are of special interest to Minds and under constant evaluation. They also aid Minds in decision making and planning.[1]
Field Referers were a subset who actively took part in front line operations instead of merely acting as advisers.[2]
At one point during the Idiran-Culture War, there were 30 to 40 known Culture Referers, out of over 18 trillion people in the Culture.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Consider Phlebas, State of play: one
- ↑ Consider Phlebas, State of play: two