The World in Fifty Years (p. 146)
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It’s an interesting thing, really: The rigorous, science-based predictions of scientists and futurologists and the spirited “flights of fancy” of sci-fi writers are just about equally (in)accurate!
— Liu Cixin
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "It’s an interesting thing, really: The rigorous, science-based predictions of scientists and futurologists and the spirited “flights of fancy” of sci-fi writers are just about equally (in)accurate!" in the context of "The World in Fifty Years (p. 146)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Liu Cixin" (Quotes, Short fiction and essays, A View from the Stars (2024): Page numbers from the hardcover first American edition, published by Tor Books; , first printing
See Cixin Liu's Internet Science Fiction Database page for original publication details
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About Liu Cixin
Liu Cixin (born June 23, 1963) is a Chinese science fiction writer.
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