rodney and zelenka, the ideal narrative format for pseudoscience both sciencefictional and academic

isilya: a momentary functional condensation of the SPACE
isilya: use that in a sga story!
cim: i keep THINKING about rodney
cim: doesn't that sound like sga pseudoscience?

ZELENKA: what the mobile phone does is actually alter the traditional spatial division as we know it!
RODNEY: see, traditionally, space is divided into centres and peripheries--
ZELENKA:--but by making a call on their mobile phone, mobile phone users ACTUALLY CREATE a momentary functional condensation of the space!
RODNEY: movement and functional condensation haven't created distinct forms for USE of mobile phones!  instead they've become part of the prevalent urban culture themselves!*

...i'm afraid i'm always going to hear social science bullshit narrated by rodney and zelenka now.  i can't decide whether this is a good thing or not.



*this is practically word-for-word from the actual book.  ( Read more... )