--- Howard Brazee <howard at brazee.net> wrote: > Mark A. Mandel wrote: > >cars > >radio > >electric light > >mass production > >nuclear warfare > >travel to the moon > >artificial insemination > >the Internet > >air conditioning > >airplanes > >guns > > > >A short, off-the-cuff list of "stuff that could not happen in any universe even vaguely similar to ours" as of, oh, Beowulf's time (about 1500 years ago). > > >Well, of course, some of these would have been credible, but only by means that we would consider fantasy: e.g., an angel or spirit or wizard carries a person to the moon. > > >Is it true that a director of the Patent Office resigned because everything that could be invented, had been invented? Would you really want to bet against the future? > Sure I want to bet against the future - for some things. And I believe > that some limitations are known. > > But regardless of your post (which I disagree with very much), it > doesn't matter. The line between what can be real and what can't isn't > one that we can agree with and point to science fiction on one side and > fantasy on the other side - except for a very small minority of hard > science fiction fans. Oh, I agree with that! Are we arguing with each other? m a m __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com