At 05:45 AM 1/22/02, Alberto Monteiro wrote: >Doug wrote: > > > >> Why? We are too much scientifically-oriented, so that > >> all those "future technologies" seem much more like fantasy. > > > > So why do we read SF that uses the same future technologies? > > >Because - as someone else mentioned here - we are interested >in the *impact* of those technologies into the societies, in >a way to predict what similiar technologies may cause to >our society. > >For example, cloning has been a SF issue for as long as >DNA was discovered [what is the *first* book that described >a clone of a non-fetal human being?], so we are all familiar >with the moral dilemmas of cloning - while our politicians, >who read romances, aren�t.
Politicians can read? I learn something new and unexpected every day. Will wonders never cease! -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam� God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
