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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
because science fiction is thought experiments inspired by some sort of scientific or technological premise but it is in fact neither science nor technology, and many people don't get that, and that's gotta get annoying eventually when you're trying to do some actual tedious, methodical, painstaking research to find out a little piece of a very large and still meaningless puzzle, and not the giant explanations of the cosmos that people think about when they think "science!" (the new opium of the people)
there are plenty of scientists who like science fiction and that's a well-known thing, but clearly it's a total non sequitur whether they do or not for their academic/research pursuits because it has nothing to do with them except maybe as a distant inspiration.
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Ok! Still, my complaints or whatever had nothing to do with whether scientists should/shouldn't like/not like SF. I did do that devil's advocate thing though, which is what I assume you're addressing here. Am I right?
Either way, I honestly don't have an opinion on this specific subsection of the overall conversation.
I think SF is cool for, as you said, thought experiment purposes, and for grandstanding BS that can kind of glamorize the sciences, which is fine as long as people understand that actual scientific inquiry is noting like what you see in sci-fi movies or read about in sci-if books. If people don't get that it's their own damn fault.
Anyway, really I just want ARRIVAL to win Best Pic, just because it bloody well deserves it.
I'm about to watch Nocturnal Animals too. I think Michael Shannon is a lock for best supporting, so I just see that. And a little more Amy Adams never hurt anyone.