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Science fiction is presented as fiction, people discuss it as fiction. The comments here are very much a different story, so please take the time to read them.

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There is value in discussing fiction as though it was true. A thought experiment never hurt anybody.

Sure, but that clearly isn’t what’s actually happening here. Let’s not compare a circle jerk with a thought experiment.

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