Asimov on The Cult of Ignorance (in the U.S.)
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Wednesday, October 12, 2016
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3 Comments:
Hello,
This one is imho a must-read too (exhumed by a friend).
Isaac Asimov about Flying Saucers (1967):
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1967/10/29/page/196/article/the-great-flying-saucer-myth
Regards,
Gilles
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Gilles Fernandez, at Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Asimov is definitely my favorite science fiction writer, and I have read many books from him, both science fiction and science divulgation.
Stanton Friedman once responded to Asimov's anti-ufological stance. Asimov had written a very wrong, supposedly scientific piece, called "The Rocketing Dutchman".
Friedman criticized Asimov in a 1977 paper for MUFON, called "Science Fiction, Science and UFOs". Friedman sent a copy of the paper to Asimov, but Asimov replied he wouldn't respond. In my view, Friedman effectively lambasted Asimov.
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Don Maor, at Saturday, October 15, 2016
I have many Asimov books and copies of the Sci-Fi magazine with his name on it.
He took the usual view, of his time, about UFOs.
Friedman is no dope but like, David Rudiak and other ET proponents, is a radicalized ET believer, without considering, very deeply, other possibilities for the UFO phenomenon.
The alien UFO scenario has become a media, ufological, public meme, as you know Don.
RR
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RRRGroup, at Saturday, October 15, 2016
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