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@jayalane @blikkie @gerikson @RememberTheApollo_ huge vision in the scientific sphere, far less on social issues - though despite the failures, I think SIASL still did better than many on questioning the social status quo.

@blikkie @gerikson @RememberTheApollo_ to be fair to RAH, it’s an ambitious book; he was trying to recognise and challenge society’s assumptions, including his own, and nobody is likely to do that flawlessly.

@blikkie @gerikson @RememberTheApollo_ The bits about homosexuality haven’t aged very well and there’s a certain amount of “society shouldn’t inhibit hot young women’s natural desire to fuck curmudgeonly ageing authors”.

@self @froztbyte I believe the term for this is “aboyne”: https://liff.hivemind.net/

And yeah, so many people are impressed by feats that boil down to “sometimes remembers its training data”