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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Nov 2017

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    I'd go further and say that pretences of "hard" science fiction that it is more scientifically rigorous is a fraud. https://twitter.com/dongwon/status/934621478355550209 …

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      2. Paul Weimer‏ @PrinceJvstin 26 Nov 2017
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        a lot of hard SF, in my experience is no more rigorous, and sometimes far less rigorous, than "soft" SF

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      3. Winchell Chung ⚛ 🚀‏ @nyrath 27 Nov 2017
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        But then there are carborundum-hard SF novels such as Poul Anderson's Tau Zero. Where the plot only works because of Einstein's special theory of relativity.

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      1. Michael Tae Sweeney‏ @mtsw 26 Nov 2017
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        you don't consider (say) arthur c. clarke to be more scientifically rigorous than star wars?

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      1. Scott's Robots‏ @scottmonaghan 26 Nov 2017
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        Why be so binary about it? There’s a WIDE spectrum between Kim Stanley Robinson and George Lucas. It’s all about where your suspension of disbelief is comfortable and whether you are looking for escapism, realism, or something between.

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      1. bob‏ @huntthesnark 26 Nov 2017
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        True in many cases, but for example Alastair Reynolds does a good job of playing by the rules. Not many physics PhD's writing good sci fi, though.

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      1. shaaver‏ @sishaaver 26 Nov 2017
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        but it does distinguish from the fantasy and other SF genres.

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      1. DC United‏ @FrenettMarco 26 Nov 2017
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        @dongwon How do you feel about hard "AF" science fiction?

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      1. Lisa Simpson's REAL Magic Bear-Repelling Rock‏ @FERALROBOTS 26 Nov 2017
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        The closely-related 'doing math changes reality' & quantum-woo genres are particularly annoying to me in this regard. Both are talking about magic; they're pure fantasy. But both get treated as somehow 'real' when the're classified as hard SF.

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