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The Real Monsters in the Legend of Zelda are the Hylians
Monstrous Hylians doing Monstrous things to Monsters. (This is a more coherent, edited version of an early post. The original is available here.) The good guys in the Legend of Zelda games may be doing horrifying things to the monsters. This article is more a joke than a theory, something unintentionally dark I noticed in Breath…
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What Will Humanoid Robots Actually Do? What Sci-Fi Predicts.
What will humanoid robots/androids actually do? I’m guessing they’re meant to be generalist machines, able to do anything we need. But I can’t imagine generalist machines would be that good at any specific task, and if they were, humanity might object. This is explored in a lot of great Sci-Fi stories, and there is a…
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Using real science to speculate about alien ecosystems.
Just some random thoughts about alien ecosystems Recently, I’ve noticed loads of documentaries and videos that use real-world science to make predictions about how alien plant and animal life would evolve on other planets and environments. I say ‘loads’, I’ve seen two: a Netflix documentary and a Kurzgesagt video. Admittedly, they’re not really ‘science’ documentaries,…
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An In-Universe Explanation for Retro Technology in Sci-Fi
In the Science Fiction movies and TV shows of the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s, there’s often a strange blend of futuristic equipment and non-futuristic aesthetics. They even have technology that’s outdated in our time. From Star Trek to Alien, future technology is bulky and obsolete; they don’t have graphical computers, and everything is controlled with…
Thoughts and Fiction 