Reply To: Global Warming

[Rezwan]

Patientman wrote:
The conversations by non-technical advocates of fusion need a guided understanding of how and when this technology may impact the world. One of the key aspects of Dr. Lerner’s book was to dispel misguided theoretical science. The fine line in science fiction writing on this subject should be in the area of providing possible futures without fantasy. The site already has a section on Space ships and their engines, which is good. Are the expressed concepts within the realms of solid science and how does it bring Focus Fusion into the spot light?

Well said!

Then again, is it possible to “provide possible futures without fantasy”? Isn’t imagining any possible future a fantasy? It may turn out to be an accurate vision of the future, but only hindsight will corroborate that.

And there’s also the “self-fulfilling prophecy” element. We have flip phones now because they were so cool in Star Trek that people just had to make them real. “I WANT that.”

I wouldn’t try to limit the scope of fantasy. I would go ahead and provide broad categories for the purpose of, say, awards programs (e.g., the “Best Fusion in Sci-Fi Awards” would have a prize for “most possible, realistic” (the “drama” category”), as well as one for most over-the top ridiculous (the “most creative pseudo-science award”).

No need to limit exuberance.