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Science Quotes by Brian Aldiss (1 quote)
Science fiction … is no more written for scientists than ghost stories are written for ghosts.
— Brian Aldiss
Editor’s introduction to anthology by Bryan W. Aldiss (ed.) Penguin Science Fiction (1961), 10. As quoted and cited in Gary Westfahl, George Slusser, Donald E. Palumbo (eds.) Science Fiction and the Two Cultures: Essays on Bridging the Gap Between the Sciences and the Humanities (2009), 5.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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