Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle science fiction.

Gene Wolfe
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reality is a crutch for people who can't handle science fiction. This quote by H.G. Wells is often used to describe how science fiction can be used to explain the world around us. Today science fiction is more about predicting the future than it is about explaining the present.

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