For an industry that's built on science, the technology world sure has its share of myths.
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
But because we live in an age of science, we have a preoccupation with corroborating our myths.
In consequence, science is more important than ever for industrial technology.
It reflects a prevailing myth that production technology is no more amenable to human judgment or social interests than the laws of thermodynamics, atomic structure or biological inheritance.
Much of contemporary science is really the length and shadow of the technology we apply.
Myths are wonderful tools that we've had, oh, for eons now that help us navigate the situations we find ourselves in.
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
Many a fine SF story uses science or technology merely as backdrop. Many a fine SF story presumes a technological breakthrough and explores its implications without attempting to predict how the thing might actual work.
There's a reason that all societies and cultures and small bands of humans engage in myth-making. Fundamentally, it is to help us understand ourselves.
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