(urth) S&S vs. SF in BotNS

[António Pedro Marques]

Jeff Wilson wrote (22-12-2011 04:22):
> On 12/21/2011 10:58 AM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
>> "psi" is a fancy word for magic.
>
> Outside the context of speculative fiction, perhaps. It was intended to mean
> a physical process that could occasionally be mistaken for the magic of myth
> and legend but could be studied objectively They have very different
> connotations and spiritual implications.

But one can't just decree something to be 'psi'. There has to be a shred of 
plausibility.