Archived Just read the first story of The Gods Themselves, by Isaac Asimov (scifi)
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Archived Just read the first story of The Gods Themselves, by Isaac Asimov (scifi)
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[–] beard0 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
You mean you read the first of three? You need to finish the other two. You might come back and reject what you've written here. Quite a lot of effort went into portraying the arrogance of intellectuals. In case you haven't read the rest, I won't say much more.
Your basic idea ("people will do nothing to save themselves as long as their comfort is satisfactory") is inconsistent with the totality of the work. I didn't try to read 1/3 of the story and draw definitive conclusions that grossly simplify something deliberately complex. Maybe if I had we could agree.
Regardless the year published, the stupidity belongs to the intellectuals that believe themselves to be gods- people who believe they have mastered the universe through science and mathematics only to find that they were about 1/3 as knowledgeable as they thought a person could be. Like reading part of a book and deciding you know the basic idea well enough to extrapolate the rest.
There are three parallel universes in The Gods Themselves. Because there is exchange amongst the three universes, the actions in one impacts the others. Ignoring the other two universes (or stories) is folly. But that much isn't knowable by someone unaware of the remainder.
[–] smokratez [S] ago (edited ago)
I said I only read the first one.
edit. bit too harsh.
[–] beard0 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
And I said it would be foolish to read the first and decide you understand the rest. Further, I'm saying that Asimov is making the same point. You are Hallam and the irony is delicious.