> To be fair, Banks has made it clear that the Culture is separate to terrestrial humans. I believe he's even said he thinks Earth won't make it. To be fair, d

> To be fair, Banks has made it clear that the Culture is separate to terrestrial humans. I believe he's even said he thinks Earth won't make it. To be fair, done of it is real. The Culture only works because Banks wanted it to work and wrote it so it works, in the same way I could write a book with a million pins balanced on their tips, then have a character dance on their heads and have not a one fall down. If Earth wouldn't make it in the Culture, it's entirely due to Bank's feelings about out own culture and time.