(urth) S&S vs. SF in BotNS

[Gerry Quinn]

From: Dan'l Danehy-Oakes 

> Jeff Wilson wrote:


> > 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.

> More to the point, it was intended to give the impression that such a
> physical process was being discussed. However, no serious physical
> mechanism was ever proposed (beyond unspecified "brain mutations" with
> no mechanism attached to _them_).
It’s the difference between a hyperdrive and a magic carriage.  No real science is involved in the discussion of the hyperdrive, but the reader is to understand that it is a technology made possible by advanced understanding of physics.
- Gerry Quinn
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