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Why Speculate - Michael Crichton.pdf
Speculation is the antithesis of that statement.
Lawrence Yeo • Speculation: A Game You Can’t Win
Even if we can’t foresee the unforeseeable, it’s possible to project a future reality where the most logical conclusions have no relationship to what actually happens.
Chuck Klosterman • But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
Whenever you are confronted with a scenario (and you are, every time you hear about an economic prediction, a corporate budget, a weather forecast, future climate change, a stockbroker saying what is going to happen to a particular holding), there are questions you need to ask that will help you decide how good a representation of reality is the un
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under conditions of scarcity. They become authoritative. A century ago, a scholar wishing to study the topics
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
in the twenty-first century science fiction is arguably the most important genre of all, for it shapes how most people understand things such as AI, bioengineering, and climate change. We certainly need good science, but from a political perspective, a good science-fiction movie is worth far more than an article in Science or Nature.