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A lot of that was due to the influence of John W. Campbell. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Campbell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Campbell
by pfdietz 2y ago
A lot of that was due to the influence of John W. Campbell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Campbell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Campbell
- card_zero 2y agoThat article links it back Joseph Rhine, and then to Arthur Conan Doyle and spiritualism. Ultimately maybe the blame lies with Emanuel Swedenborg for inspiring every kind of woo-woo.
- jhbadger 2y agoTrue, the idea wasn't new. But Campbell made it part of classic SF rather than fantasy or "new age" mysticism as it was earlier.
- mcswell 2y agoYou can read a lot of the stories from Analog, the magazine that Campbell edited for many years, here: https://www.freesfonline.net/Magazines2.html https://www.freesfonline.net/Magazines2.html. I was a fan back in the day, but going back now I see a lot not to like. And certainly many of the stories involved ESP.