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		mechanical_fish on Jan 3, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Survival tips if you find yourself in the Middle A... Prediction is impossible, we all know that. What we don't know is that retrodiction is also impossible. History is a form of science fiction. The future is history that hasn't happened yet. History is the sensibility of one time, assessing another time, that it cannot possibly know. -- Bruce Sterling, http://www.viridiandesign.org/notes/1-25/Note%2000001.txt

icey on Jan 3, 2009 [–]

Superman can't really fly, but he's still fun to watch.

mechanical_fish on Jan 4, 2009 | | [–]

I'm sure Sterling, who has made his living writing SF, would never wish to suggest otherwise.

patio11 on Jan 4, 2009 | | [–]

That depends... which Superman are we talking about? Lois and Clark Superman or get-her-pregnant-then-zoom-off-to-Krypton Superman?

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