Well, Pulp & Golden Age sci-fi was “discredited” by us actually landing a probe on Venus and realizing that it was not a likely place to find a lush jungle...https://www.ecosophia.net/the-worlds-that-never-were/
Meanwhile SneerClub is a bit too current to LessWrong for that parallel to work ?
The above author has followed through on his project of resurrecting classic science fiction, “Vintage Worlds” is already on its 3rd volume :
https://www.solarsystemheritage.com/anthology-project-2017.html
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Well, Pulp & Golden Age sci-fi was “discredited” by us actually landing a probe on Venus and realizing that it was not a likely place to find a lush jungle...
https://www.ecosophia.net/the-worlds-that-never-were/
Meanwhile SneerClub is a bit too current to LessWrong for that parallel to work ?
The above author has followed through on his project of resurrecting classic science fiction, “Vintage Worlds” is already on its 3rd volume :
https://www.solarsystemheritage.com/anthology-project-2017.html