IIRC Campbell was also mainly responsible for the obsession with "psi" which pervades so much SF of that era. He was so utterly convinced that it represented th

IIRC Campbell was also mainly responsible for the obsession with "psi" which pervades so much SF of that era. He was so utterly convinced that it represented the next stage of human evolution, imminent and wholly beneficial, that he actively discriminated against story submissions which didn't take the same view. A few "rebellious" stories like PKD's The Golden Man only really make sense in the context of this dogmatic environment.