The Fredösphere

Via Futurismic, a question:  When Will Science Fiction End?  It's a relative of the question:  will we ever know everything?  Specifically, everything related to science.  As a youth, I held a belief so essential, it was a long time before I realized anyone could hold the opposite point of view, namely, that there will always be more in physics to learn.  (I say physics because it is fundamental; all science is ultimately about the particles.)  In fact, I believed physics was inherently unknowable in its fullness; that any system cannot be fully grokked from the inside (although I would not have been able to put it into those words when I was young).  I still tend toward that belief, but I'm more open to the other point of view, and the possibilities for human mind augmentation (for now, still science fiction) make me wonder how far we can go.

More futurism:  Terry Teachout foretells the death of the last regional critic.

Labels: Culture, Futurism