Thread: THS 2120!
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Old 06-04-2018, 07:23 PM   #49
Fred Brackin
 
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Default Re: THS 2120!

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Originally Posted by Astromancer View Post
Architecture is dependent on engineering and science, but it is art. Science Fiction likewise depends on science but it is also art. It seems to me you want a deeply pessimistic hard sci fi setting most people wouldn't look at twice. I could be wrong but it seems that way to me.
Currently all things that are covered by the hypothetical science of memetics are art as well but rt does not necessarily lead to science.

You are radically wrong about my own tastes in science fiction. I have little use for hard science and seldom favor the grimdark or pessimistic. My idea of fun is something in the area of Firefly or even Guardians of the Galaxy.

However, it would seem fairly clear to me that a future where human beings could be manipulated by memetics (specifically the Voodoo Mind Control flavor) would be quite dark.
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