Steven Pinker - I have never been a fan of science fiction. For me, fiction has to explore the combi...

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I have never been a fan of science fiction. For me, fiction has to explore the combinatorial possibilities of people interacting under the constraints imposed by our biology and history. When an author is free to suspend the constraints, it's tennis without a net.

Steven Pinker

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Ich war noch nie ein Fan von Science Fiction. Für mich muss die Fiktion die kombinatorischen Möglichkeiten von Menschen erforschen, die unter den durch unsere Biologie und Geschichte auferlegten Einschränkungen interagieren. Wenn ein Autor die Einschränkungen aufheben kann, ist es Tennis ohne Netz.

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