![]() In part, this is because formerly plausible ideas have shifted gradually into the penumbra of implausibility (the luminiferous aether, for example: phlogiston: the other detritus of discredited scientific hypotheses arguably time travel and faster than light travel might be heading this way too). Now, as various SF and fantasy writers have observed, our baseline definitions of what is plausible and implausible change over time. By "plausibly" I thereby try to exclude the implausible (wizards, elves, surrealist intrusions from the subconscious) and to include stuff that doesn't exist but which plausibly might exist (artificial intelligence, aliens). ![]() My personal take on science fiction is that this narrow slice of the literature of the Fantastika ( hint: if you haven't met that term of critical art before, follow the link before reading on) is about the study of the human condition under circumstances which might plausibly come to pass.
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