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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Think. Again.

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5. I believe I mentioned hypotheses, not facts,...

Reply to edhopper (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 22, 2024, 09:06 AM

Mar 2024

...and I'm referring to the general ability of sci-fi authors to extrapolate from their limited contemporary knowledge into the realities we recognize today that were unrecognized at the time.

Speculation on the future based on understanding of past revelations is pretty much what science is about anyway.

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The UFO Movie The Don't Want You To See [View all] edhopper Mar 2024 OP

Science fiction has to be one of the most enduring literary genres... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #1

That is usually edhopper Mar 2024 #2

my most notable example: They Live ret5hd Mar 2024 #3

Well sure edhopper Mar 2024 #4

I believe I mentioned hypotheses, not facts,... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #5

sorry if I sounded argumentitive edhopper Mar 2024 #7

I'll take a look at it later on today. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2024 #6

It is a skeptics doc edhopper Mar 2024 #8