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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

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14. Fritz Leiber's "Poor Superman" is a Fifties example.

Fri Oct 24, 2014, 12:21 PM

Oct 2014

It was written as an indictment of Dianetics, and shows science pushed aside in favor of pseudoscientific dogma.

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Any Sci-Fi Fans In This Group? [View all] HuckleB Oct 2014 OP

My favorite book describing a post nuclear holocaust Dystopia Warpy Oct 2014 #1

+1 HuckleB Oct 2014 #3

It's not sci-fi AlbertCat Oct 2014 #2

I'll give you that! HuckleB Oct 2014 #4

I've been reading s-f for about SheilaT Oct 2014 #5

Awesome! HuckleB Oct 2014 #6

The Truth Machine MicaelS Oct 2014 #8

Have you read it? SheilaT Oct 2014 #9

Yes, I have read both books. MicaelS Oct 2014 #12

Just another example of how two people SheilaT Oct 2014 #13

Sounds like good stuff! HuckleB Oct 2014 #10

Well, not an NGO. DetlefK Oct 2014 #7

Awesome! Thanks for the tips! HuckleB Oct 2014 #11

Fritz Leiber's "Poor Superman" is a Fifties example. Orsino Oct 2014 #14

Ah, fantastic. HuckleB Oct 2014 #15