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Submission + - The science fiction effect (thebulletin.org)

__aaqpaq9254 writes: Laura Kahn has a lovely essay about the history of science fiction, and how science fiction can help explain concepts that are otherwise difficult for many...or perhaps, don't hold their interest. Interesting that Frankenstein is arguably the first time that science fiction appears. From Frankenstein to Jurassic Park, authors have been writing about "mad scientists" messing around with life. Science fiction can be a powerful tool to influence society's views of the life sciences — one scientists should take

Comment TV with new business model (Score 1) 424

change copyright law to make everything creative open source public domain after 12 months. This makes it so poor creatives looking for inspiration have access to it after a reasonable amount of time, and the rich folk have enough time to make a cursory but not outlandish profit from their work. It's true that many people will wait the 12 month period to consume, but they likely can't afford to buy the crap anyways.

Comment Re:The US will just cripple its own tech (Score 1) 622

hell yeah. fuck the patent office and the patent trolls. patents only proliferate capitalism and never help with technological progression. If everything were open sourced, where would we be today? Probably would have a cure for cancer, faster than light space travel, and immortality through cloning,

Comment Quality Assurance (Score 1) 659

One good way to integrate a prodigy with the rest of us regulars is to have the kid attend some classes and write up a paper comparing and contrasting how he learns and teaches himself versus how teachers propose to teach the public school children. It may be an interesting pedagogy study.

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