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God this guys got a downer on all things scifi.

Get a life, sci-fi is just entertainment and a little escapeisn, not everyone wants to read through 500 pages of math and physics to find some underlying revelation about the universe.

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"This guy" is one of the best Sci-Fi authors currently writing.

Which doesn't change the fact that his blogging is incurably pessimistic.

Pessimistic? I don't think so, he's facing the problems full on; asking hard searching questions about his chosen field and working for new insight.

That is not a pessimist, that is someone who has faith that he can find a solution; even if it is not obvious to him at this time.

Sounds more like a bit of writer's soul searching to me.

I find his work unreadable, but I suppose that is a minority opinion among SF fans.

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