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PANEL: SCIENCE, SCIENCE FICTION, & SOCIETY
James Campanella, SF Author / Molecular Biologist
Wil McCarthy, SF Author / Aerospace Scientist
Adeena Mignogna, SF Author / Aerospace Engineer
WEBSITES:
James Campanella: https://www.montclair.edu/profilepages/view_profile.php?username=campanellj
Wil McCarthy: http://wilmccarthy.com/
Adeena Mignogna: https://adeenamignogna.com/
AMAZON PAGES
J J (James) Campanella: https://www.amazon.com/stores/J.J.-Campanella/author/B077SGZ2TL
Wil McCarthy: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Wil-McCarthy/author/B001IXMMAE
Adeena Mignogna: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Adeena-Mignogna/author/B002BM9X8U
Meeting Date: January 13, 2024.
Meeting Site: Zoom Video Conference.
Attendance: 27.
Meeting Program: Panel Discussion.
Notes:
Four at post-meeting discussion. Discussed THEY CALLED ME MAD by John Monahan. Lunching with Neil deGrasse Tyson. Movies: Godzilla Minus One, Wonka, The Zero Theorum, Aquaman 2, Oppenheimer.
Newsletter Account:
The following account is reprinted with permission THE STARSHIP EXPRESS Copyright 2024 Philip J De Parto:
Meeting Notes:
Young people / students have continued to struggle in social situations due to the covid lock down.
The book audience is so fragmented that there is no common core of written science fiction.
The genre's common curriculum is blockbuster movies and television series.
Wil McCarthy - Programmable Matter started as a story, became a science article, and then a company.
Social Media has made fringe groups and fringe theories mainstream.
Reality will always discredit you if you write a near-future story.
Does science fiction create the future?
Advances in computer processing have made science experiments fast and easy. Examples cited included work in Fluid Dynamics and in Genetic Research.
Science creates reality: Flip top cell phones, GPS, Micro Electronics, Material Formulations