XPost: rec.aviation.military, alt.economics   
   From: PointedEars@web.de   
      
   a425couple wrote:   
   > from   
   > https://boingboing.net/2026/02/05/the-fantasy-of-starships-is-   
   o-more-realistic-than-magic.html   
   >   
   > The fantasy of starships is no more realistic than magic   
   >   
   > Ellsworth Toohey  1:16 pm Thu Feb 5, 2026   
   > Cover for  Cover for "Tiger, Tiger" by Alfred Bester   
   >   
   > Interstellar travel — the kind in Star Trek, Star Wars, Dune — will   
   > never happen.   
      
   They said that of supersonic flight before, too.   
      
   > The fantasy "exists on the exact same level of   
   > plausibility as wizards," argues Jason Pargin, author of John Dies at   
   > the End. [...]   
      
   Not an expert in the field, not even a scientist.  His uneducated opinion is   
   entirely irrelevant.   
      
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