The purpose of a thought-experiment, as the term was used by Schrödinger and other physicists, is not to predict the future - indeed Schrödinger most famous thought experiment goes to show that the "future," on the quantum level, cannot be predicted - but to describe reality, the present world.
Science fiction is not predictive; it is descriptive.
Predictions are uttered by prophets {free of charge}, by clairvoyants {who usually charge a fee, and are therefore mor honored in their day than prophets}, and by futurologists {salaried}. Prediction is the business of prophets, clairvoyants, and futurologists. It is not the business of novelists. A novelist's business is lying. Science fiction is not predictive; it is descriptive.
Predictions are uttered by prophets {free of charge}, by clairvoyants {who usually charge a fee, and are therefore mor honored in their day than prophets}, and by futurologists {salaried}. Prediction is the business of prophets, clairvoyants, and futurologists. It is not the business of novelists. A novelist's business is lying.
Science fiction is not predictive; it is descriptive.
Predictions are uttered by prophets {free of charge}, by clairvoyants {who usually charge a fee, and are therefore mor honored in their day than prophets}, and by futurologists {salaried}. Prediction is the business of prophets, clairvoyants, and futurologists. It is not the business of novelists. A novelist's business is lying. Science fiction is not predictive; it is descriptive.
Predictions are uttered by prophets {free of charge}, by clairvoyants {who usually charge a fee, and are therefore mor honored in their day than prophets}, and by futurologists {salaried}. Prediction is the business of prophets, clairvoyants, and futurologists. It is not the business of novelists. A novelist's business is lying.
( Ursula K. Le Guin )
[ The Left Hand of Darkness ]
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