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Subject: Re: It is not just Physics that Should be Hard in Hard SF
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 16:28:38 -0400
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On 10/7/2024 11:43 AM, Don wrote:
> Ahasuerus wrote:
>> Robert Woodward wrote:
>>> I think authors mess up biology quite often in Science Fiction/Fantasy.
>>> For example, IMHO, genetic engineering will be much more difficult than
>>> some authors assume because an individual's DNA isn't the blueprint but
>>> the assembly instructions.
>>>
>>> Also, I have seen stories where advanced bio-technic civilizations use
>>> bacteria (or multicellular organisms) to wreck havoc on our type of
>>> technology. Essentially, they are speeding up rust and other forms of
>>> degradation by one or more orders of magnitude. This, unfortunately,
>>> requires one of more orders of magnitude more power at the cellular
>>> level (probably greater amounts of stored energy as well).
>>>
>> The other day a PharmD wrote
>> (https://www.reddit.com/r/printSF/comments/1fj0aon/books_that_feature_speculative_but_accurate/):
>>
>> science fiction ... is very sophisticated when it comes to
>> engineering, astronomy and physics, but when it comes to
>> biochemistry, medicine and pharmacology, I've yet to encounter
>> any fiction that gets it right.
>>
>> My response was:
>>
>> Are you, by chance, familiar with Knoll's Law of Media Accuracy
>> (https://effectiviology.com/knolls-law/):
>>
>> everything you read in the newspapers is absolutely true, except for
>> the rare story of which you happen to have firsthand knowledge
>>
>> or the similar Gell-Mann amnesia effect
>> (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gell-Mann_Amnesia_effect)?
> 
> Robin Cook's mentioned at the reddit link. My followup pertains to Cook.
> 
> Edgar Allan Poe (EAP) invented.....
[snip]

Cook is a trained M. Have you tried F.Paul Wilson's medical-related 
thrillers? He's a DO.

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Kevin R


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