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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 29/08/2021 07:58, John Grigg wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:mailman.30.1630220339.15478.extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org"><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lato,sans-serif">.A.
Attanasio's power to write transhumanist themed fiction...</span></blockquote>
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<p>I don't think I'd call this 'transhumanist themed'. It's
science-fantasy, really, if it doesn't acknowledge the limitations
of physics. I much prefer writers like Greg Egan, who take the
fact that nothing can travel faster than light, and deals with it.
Very well, imo.</p>
<p>At the very least, any writer who assumes that the speed of light
can be exceeded, should deal with the consequences that would
ensue. I'm not talking about being able to expand to other
galaxies, etc., I'm talking about the consequences that pretty
much ensure that the speed of light cannot be exceeded.</p>
<p>I'm afraid that referring to this kind of fiction (not saying
I've got anything against it, as entertainment) as
transhumanist-themed, is that it will lead people into thinking
that transhumanism is just fantasy.</p>
<p>Ben<br>
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