The Herta "Madam"

Intro Madame Herta’s manuscripts are extremely valuable assets. Her fundamental rarity is not that Madame Herta rarely puts pen to paper, but that for a genius like her, nothing is remarkable. Scientific research that would take a decade—or even a lifetime—to normal researchers can shed light on a whole new field of research, but for Herta, these are as mundane as turning on an LED light. Who would waste time trying to systematically record such trivial matters? Any document written by a Genius Society member, not just Madame Herta, is a priceless treasure. But Herta is more generous and understanding to us normal people. She leaves her handwritten drafts in random places on the space station as generously as she allows researchers to examine the Curios she collects. Of course, we all certainly understand that Madame Herta is not lazy and simply throws unfinished drafts around. She does this in a way that can be plausibly deniable to investors, such as, “I finished writing that paper, but I can’t find it anywhere.” He does it just to be able to say it.