Pirx
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Pirx is a fictional character from works of science fiction by Stanisław Lem: the story collections Tales of Pirx the Pilot and More Tales of Pirx the Pilot, and the novel Fiasco.
The story of Pirx is that of a spaceship cadet, pilot and captain. In a way, Pirx is an anti-hero: unlike traditional space pilots, there is little if nothing heroic in him. Whereas sometimes he finds himself in extremal situations, he overcomes mostly due to an ordinary common sense and only moderate luck. In particular, in the story The Inquest a human weakness (in this case, indecisiveness) actually helps Pirx to defeat a robot who intended to prove that he is superior to humans.
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