Jeff writes:

> A few radical ideas from Robert Heinlein:

There are of course some differences between science and science fiction. In
the latter, you can choose for yourself whichever form of escapist literature
you prefer and live in that world for your entire life, if you care to.
Unfortunately, at best, it is only a form of mental masturbation, perhaps
momentarily pleasureable but otherwise completely nonproductive. But once you
go so far as to adopt philosophies taken from dime store novels, you've
almost certainly abrogated any possibility of your making reality any the
better for your doing it.

There are legitimate approaches to the analyses of complex problems. Quoting
science fiction authors is not one of them.

Wirt Atmar

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