The author provides an alternative, but perhaps readers might miss it.
Science fiction is fiction not science.
The alternative to science fiction is the scientific method and the elucidation of scientific fact.
But these individuals are outcasts, dropouts, social failures.
Not interested in education generally.
Not interested in conventional occupations.
They believe they know enough yet they barely know anything.
Understanding computers is a far cry from understanding life.
It's arguable, due to the time committment required, the more one understands computers the less one probably understands "the real world".
Are these individuals interested in scientific fact, or are they more interested in fantasy and belief.
Like Elisabeth Holmes.
Charles Stross, the author of this op-ed, makes his living writing science fiction and fantasy.
"Stick to what you know." Unlike "tech billionaires", Stross knows what he is talking about.
The author provides an alternative, but perhaps readers might miss it.
Science fiction is fiction not science.
The alternative to science fiction is the scientific method and the elucidation of scientific fact.
But these individuals are outcasts, dropouts, social failures.
Not interested in education generally.
Not interested in conventional occupations.
They believe they know enough yet they barely know anything.
Understanding computers is a far cry from understanding life.
It's arguable, due to the time committment required, the more one understands computers the less one probably understands "the real world".
Are these individuals interested in scientific fact, or are they more interested in fantasy and belief.
Like Elisabeth Holmes.
Charles Stross, the author of this op-ed, makes his living writing science fiction and fantasy.
"Stick to what you know." Unlike "tech billionaires", Stross knows what he is talking about.