Shadowishly-motivated, nigh-omniscient figure with visions of a Great Destiny for the poor mortals who strive to satisfy his commandments of How The Universe Really Works, grand novel organizing scheme that reduces the complexities of human society to Easily Grasped Equations of Science, scenario set up so the people working to his satisfaction will nevertheless get lectures on how This Is What You Must Really Be Doing And Why Science Says You Must ...
Has anyone tried doing a comparison between Hari Seldon and John W Campbell?
I can't help noticing that the version of Hari Seldon shown in the prequels, after Asimov stopped seeing Campbell as a father figure (and after Campbell was safely dead), was actually someone people didn't want to punch in the face any more than they wanted to punch any other math major.
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Shadowishly-motivated, nigh-omniscient figure with visions of a Great Destiny for the poor mortals who strive to satisfy his commandments of How The Universe Really Works, grand novel organizing scheme that reduces the complexities of human society to Easily Grasped Equations of Science, scenario set up so the people working to his satisfaction will nevertheless get lectures on how This Is What You Must Really Be Doing And Why Science Says You Must ...
Has anyone tried doing a comparison between Hari Seldon and John W Campbell?
I can't help noticing that the version of Hari Seldon shown in the prequels, after Asimov stopped seeing Campbell as a father figure (and after Campbell was safely dead), was actually someone people didn't want to punch in the face any more than they wanted to punch any other math major.