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Alsadius comments on Futurism's Track Record - Less Wrong Discussion

12 Post author: lukeprog 29 January 2014 08:27PM

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Comment author: Alsadius 01 February 2014 03:45:17AM 2 points [-]

Pulp sci-fi is closer to what I think of what I hear "futurism" than anything published in a reputable journal.

Comment author: Vulture 04 February 2014 03:42:47PM 3 points [-]

But so much pulp sci-fi was published, and in such variety, that one could find a plausible "fit" for pretty much any conceivable future invention.

Comment author: Alsadius 04 February 2014 11:05:32PM 0 points [-]

Respectable predictions are even more common, though, so I'm not sure how meaningful either one can be.

Comment author: Vulture 05 February 2014 05:20:11PM 2 points [-]

It feels icky to claim that something was "predicted" by a fictional story that made no claim to being serious prediction, though.

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