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Originally Posted by Locksmith  Ian - we must be talking at cross purposes, apologies. My definition of futurism seems to be different from yours. I agree science fiction is not about future studies and predicting what future technology will actually look like, if that's what you're saying. |
Ah yes :-) Futurism is about predicting the future. Science fiction often requires writers to create believable and/or plausible settings - which may near- or far-future. But that doesn't mean they're futurists, or their stories should be taken as predictive.
But (just to throw a further spanner in the works :-)), science fiction doesn't even need to be set in the future...