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I was always a bit puzzled by the ubiquity of astrology and other superstition in old scifi (PKD, Heinlein to name a few), but I guess if even Reagan used thing
by kaffeemitsahne 9y ago
I was always a bit puzzled by the ubiquity of astrology and other superstition in old scifi (PKD, Heinlein to name a few), but I guess if even Reagan used things like this that explains where the trope came from.
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- Avshalom 9y agoThere was in the US, in about the early 80's I think, a sort of mass abandonment of telekinesis/ESP/astrology/ghosts...all sorts of stuff. Part of it may have come from the same rise in evangelical political engagement as the Republican party weaponized them, definitely some of it was a push back against the perceived failure of Hippy culture.