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Asimov was a chemist so he had an awareness, possibly expertise, in statistical mechanics and the kinetic theory of gases. Not hard for an sf writer to extrapol
by jleyank 5y ago
Asimov was a chemist so he had an awareness, possibly expertise, in statistical mechanics and the kinetic theory of gases. Not hard for an sf writer to extrapolate psychohistory from that.
- wikidani 5y ago>kinetic theory of gases I believe he mentions that specifically every time someone asks why can't psychohistory be used to predict the future of individuals.
- davidkretch 5y agoRight, one of the explanations is in the Psychohistory essay in the Gold collection of essays, which you can read here: https://novel122.com/gold-the-final-science-fiction-collection-/part-two-on-science-fiction-psychohistory-993170.html https://novel122.com/gold-the-final-science-fiction-collecti....