Mark A Mandel <mam at theworld.com> writes: > On 26 Nov 2002, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > > #I get cranky when far-future societies have anything recognizable as > #religion, personally. Makes no sense it would last that long. > > Oh, heck, why not say the same about sexism or bigotry? Do you get > cranky about societies without those? Um, with, actually, just to be consistent. > Unless you foresee basic changes in human nature, I tend to agree with > another poster that there is a very strong tendency in humans, in > general, to look for patterns and powers beyond what is accessible to > perception and reason. And if you change human nature your characters > and their society will be harder for a reader to identify with or feel > emotionally invested in. Lacking much of that drive myself, I find it hard to identify with characters driven by it. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info