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|    Robert Woodward to James Nicoll    |
|    Re: (Reactor) Immunize Yourself Against     |
|    18 Feb 26 10:03:06    |
      From: robertaw@drizzle.com              In article <10n4kuj$mc3$1@panix2.panix.com>,        jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:              > One Way to Immunize Yourself Against Pseudoscience and Other Nonsense       >       > Classic SF was chock-full of dubious ideas; Martin Gardner supplied       > the antidote.       >       > https://reactormag.com/one-way-to-immunize-yourself-against-ps       udoscience-and-       > other-nonsense/              We speak of "willing suspension of disbelief" when reading science       fiction and fantasy. Unfortunately, IMHO, too many people don't have any       disbelief to engage, let alone suspend, in the first place.              --       "We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."       Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_.       ‹-----------------------------------------------------       Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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