(urth) S&S vs. SF in BotNS

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No dia 24 de Dez de 2011, às 08:34, Jeff Wilson <jwilson at clueland.com> escreveu:
> I think I was speaking about how credibility aids suspension of disbelief in a given work of science fiction. Demonstated scientific accuracy greatly aids credibility,

But if the science is demonstrably accurate, where does said disbelief come from? Is it something like the rejection of technology by magic folks in _changeling_, where the guy to no avail claims that what he's doing is just like boiling water?

> but it's totally optional: Wells articulated that his books were based on impossibilities, yet they are undeniably science fiction by the standards of their time as well as ours.

Sure thing.