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Thanks for an interesting panel and conversation. I want to come back to the then part of the seven deadly sins. And suggest lets try, call it arrogance and talk about scientific arrogance both as exercised by individual scientists and perhaps institutionally. Of course, there are lots of reasons why this would exist, first and foremost but thats a nice thing to say. Power and personality are involved. My question, we can take this out of the mythological framework of the Catholic Church and jus...

(1) THE THOUGHT PANZER PROBLEM. [Item by Doctor Science.] “Netflix blockbuster ‘3 Body Problem’ divides opinion and sparks nationalist anger in China” reports CNN. A Netflix adaptation of wildly popular Chinese sci-fi novel “The Three-Body Problem” has split opinions in China and sparked online nationalist anger over scenes depicting a violent and tumultuous period in the

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Age of the Pussyfoot by Frederik Pohl (1966/1969) Review by Brown Robin: This is an old favorite; I'm happy to report it's still a favorite. As usual, there are spoilers herein. Twentieth-century suburban peasant Charles Forrester is brought back to life in the 26th century, after dying horribly and being stored at liquid helium temperatures. He

By Martin Morse Wooster: Operacon (Hilton Center City Milwaukee, March 12-15, 2015) I’ve loved classical music for as long as I have loved science fiction. So when I saw a flyer for Operacon at Capclave, I knew I had to go, and I was very glad I did. This was an excellent small convention and

(1) JAYMEE GOH ANTHOLOGY HAS EKPEKI STORY. Don’t Touch That, an anthology about parenting edited by Jaymee Goh, was released this week. It includes Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki’s latest short story “Mother's Love, Father's Place”. He says, “It's a historical fantasy story set in southern Nigeria and touches on the killing of Twins in Calabar &

It’s strike three for DA Eastern Cape leader Nqaba Bhanga after he drove into the back of fellow party member and Buffalo City councillor Fred Pohl’s vehicle while on a municipal oversight visit at Qonce on Friday.

It’s strike three for DA Eastern Cape legislature leader Nqaba Bhanga after he drove into the back of fellow party member and Buffalo City Metro councillor Fred Pohl’s car while on a municipal oversight visit at Qonce on Friday. Bhanga has now been involved in three vehicle accidents with varying degrees of severity, and there are signs senior DA leaders may no longer be enamoured with him.

About this Series Frederik Pohl’s Gateway, the ...