I Don't Think The Scientific Method And The Science Fictional Method Are Really Analogous. The Thing About Them Is That Neither Is Really Practiced Very Much, At Least Not Consciously. But The Fact That They Are Methodical Does Relate Them.

-Frederik Pohl

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I Don't Think The Scientific Method And

Frederik Pohl

I Don't Think The Scientific Method And The Science Fictional Method Are Really Analogous. The Thing About Them Is That Neither Is Really Practiced Very Much, At Least Not Consciously. But The Fact That They Are Methodical Does Relate Them.

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Thinking

Doe

Scientific Method

The Future Depicted In A Good Sf Story Ought To Be In Fact Possible, Or At Least Plausible. That Means That The Writer Should Be Able To Convince The Reader (and Himself) That The Wonders He Is Describing Really Can Come True... And That Gets Tricky When You Take A Good, Hard Look At The World Around You.

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Looks

Stories