Problem is it's the Matrix 2 Rave scene with the Tim Burton "Alice" big heads and Borges' jowls. Imagine being in a cringworthy rave with those massive jowls hitting you in the face.
Obviously the Foundation series, Dune (is that sci-fi or fantasy?), I enjoy Iain M Banks (I know that Culture is fundamentally flawed as a story-telling device because of the get out of jail free card- but the poor bastard is dead, so give him a break), HG Wells.
A lot of sci-fi is crap...
Thank you for your response. May I ask permission to repost your response? I am intrigued by the scientific communities dismissal of any question over the assumptions used in certain mathematical models, however, outlandish they may appear. I am interested in confirmation bias in the scientific...
It would be nice to hear some views- good or bad- on this subject. I understand that you might only consider absolutes, but discussions of grey areas, if only to disprove ignorance- are incredibly important.
Edit, can I add that the reliability of the maths depends entirely on the assumptions made.
Not sure where to put this discussion, so please feel free to move it...
Ok, so here I go...
I understand why theoretically time travel cannot exist before the moment it was created, cause one fellah would have to take one end of a wormhole on a fast ship and fly about a bit.
I understand...