Modern Sci-Fi - the enslavement of scientific reality to religious delusion

Uncle Clover wrote:
It can be rather discouraging trying to sift through much that is called
"science fiction" these days. At least if you're a realist. Even that which is
not specified as "science fiction/FANTASY" often contains overabundant use of
the supernatural, for what reason I really can't say.

It seems that one can't even escape the trappings of religious delusion in a
genre that's -supposed- to be devoted to scientific speculation. There is
nothing even remotely scientific about psychic abilities or empathic connections
between dragons and riders. It's all just watered down witch-doctoring
pitifully disguised in the languistic garb of rationality.

Just about any science fiction story you pick up from your average bookseller
will contain at least a -hint- of some underlying supernatural reality -
religious hogwash, in other words. It's really quite annoying when one is
interested in -realistic- scientific speculation.

No psychic phenomenon has ever been scientifically verified on even the remotest
level - no remote viewing, no telepathy, no telekinesis - NONE of it.

Neither had been faster than light travel, teleportation, artificial
intelligence or extraterrestrial life.

If you wanted to be limited to a "verified phenomena", you can write
about builiding a Moon base or expedition to Mars - and thats all.

So why
does such crap keep showing up in "science" fiction?

Because people like to read it?

It's like the brainwashed
religious freaks can't even escape their own past when they've left their
religion behind - they've still got to keep clinging to "something" or another
about their former magical thinking worldview or they'll just simply -explode-.
Or some such. I can see it in stories which fall under "sci-fi/fantasy", but
not just plain "science fiction".

What science fiction stories (sans the "fantasy" qualifier) have you read that
truly seem to deserve the label? Even stories which involve futuristic
technology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke's_three_laws

3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from
magic.


used to -trick- someone into thinking something "magical" was
happening would be better than those which treat magic alone as though it were
real.

Just curious...
--
L8r,
Uncle Clover
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