al-Quida inspired by Foundation?

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• JackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>

  December 2004

  [QUOTE]science fiction is really about surviving catastrophe, and is therefore optimistic - and the key to the genre is the longing for a sense of scientific community resembling the craft guilds of the past.[/QUOTE]
  
  Interesting...
  
  I spend a lot of time in thought over the idea of a coming apocalypse, and the results post apocalyptic.
  
  I think other people verbalize it or write about it to process it. Take "The Post Man" for example.
  
  You know, I think a lot of effort is put into escaping the real world and building your own based upon imaginary ones.
  
  "The grass is always greener on the other side."
  
  Unfortunately some people are enamoured by the concept of decay and destruction to the point of trying to cause the effect earlier than it will happen naturally.
  
  Very interesting article, thanks for posting it. ;)
• A2597 Fanboy

  December 2004

  Re: al-Quida inspired by Foundation?
  
  [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by the_exile [/i]
  [B][url]http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,779530,00.html[/url]
  
  I'm torn between :rolleyes: and :confused:
  
  (no excerpt for A# :p) [/B][/QUOTE]
  
  yikes thats long...
  
  *Goes back to studying for Finals*
• JackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>

  December 2004

  Is there no serious response for discussion of this?
  
  :(
• NovaCameron Earthforce Officer

  December 2004

  Interseting, very interesting. It makes sense in an "outside the box" way.
• E.T Quote-o-matic

  December 2004

  Looks like this applies to other things:
  
  "No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means."
  -George Bernard Shaw
  
  
  [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by JackN [/i]
  [B]Unfortunately some people are enamoured by the concept of decay and destruction to the point of trying to cause the effect earlier than it will happen naturally.[/B][/QUOTE]Well, isn't that just this:
  "Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves."
  -Eric Hoffer
• The Cabl3 Guy Elite Ranger

  December 2004

  [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by E.T [/i]
  [B]
  "Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves."
  -Eric Hoffer [/B][/QUOTE]
  
  I have a personal experience with this & since then I have recovered my personal faith.
  
  I've always thought something like the Seldon plan, that the individual has more of an effect than the group as a whole. If thats true though there are still many players some seen & unseen. I think in the future though as we slip into the Nano age the individual will no longer exist.
• A2597 Fanboy

  December 2004

  [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by JackN [/i]
  [B]Is there no serious response for discussion of this?
  
  :( [/B][/QUOTE]
  
  Sorry, it appears I now have a reputation to keep up due to the incident in Biggles thread. ;) :D