Ho sempre trovato interessante che nei racconti di fantascienza organismi dotati di intelligenza sovrumana vengano spesso presentati come freddi e cr… - Isaac Asimov
" "Ho sempre trovato interessante che nei racconti di fantascienza organismi dotati di intelligenza sovrumana vengano spesso presentati come freddi e crudeli. Suppongo sia una derivazione del tema dello "scienziato pazzo" e della convinzione che l'intelligenza, in se stessa sia malefica. Non mi stupisce veramente che una sensazione del genere possa nascere. Se vedeste qualcuno che sa qualcosa che voi non sapete e usa quella conoscenza per fare qualcosa che voi non potete – per esempio, riparare un'automobile –, può darsi che non vi piaccia la conseguente sensazione di inferiorità o di irrimediabile dipendenza. Potreste stringervi al cuore la nozione che l'ignoranza in realtà è meglio e che la gente comune è più simpatica. Ma perché gli scrittori di fantascienza contribuiscono tanto spesso alla diffusione di questa idea, quando in generale sono tanto intelligenti? Mi piacerebbe proprio saperlo
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About Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov (c. 2 January 1920 – 6 April 1992) was a Russian-born American biochemist who was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, his works include the Foundation series and I, Robot.
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