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Science, almost from its beginnings, has been truly international in character. National prejudices disappear completely in the scientist’s search for truth.
If you look at the purported dangers of salt or fat, there is no consensus of support in scientific literature. So I would ask first: ‘Is it possible to have an informed government that actually follows the science?’ From what I’ve seen, it’s not likely.
I do love science fiction, but it’s not really a genre unto itself it always seems to merge with another genre. With the few movies I’ve done, I’ve ended up playing with genre in some way or another, so any genre that’s made to mix with others is like candy to me. It allows you to use big, mythic situations to talk about ordinary things.
A third ideal that has made its way in the modern world is reliance on reason, especially reason disciplined and enriched by modern science. An eternal basis of human intercommunication is reason.
There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person.
I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function and that is to help readers read and understand literature. It is not a science, it is an aid to art.
One of my degrees was a science degree in biology.
Scientific prayer makes God a celestial lab rat, leading to bad science and worse religion.
My personal feeling about science fiction is that it’s always in some way connected to the real world, to our everyday world.
I was horrible at science and math. I couldn’t pass a test to save my life! I’m surprised that it didn’t take me until I was 20 to graduate. That’s why my role is so cool – Grissom is the complete opposite of me.