Did Leinster publish in academic journals and reasonably counts under a category like futurism? Or pulp sci-fi magazines and fiction?
Pulp sci-fi is closer to what I think of what I hear “futurism” than anything published in a reputable journal.
But so much pulp sci-fi was published, and in such variety, that one could find a plausible “fit” for pretty much any conceivable future invention.
Respectable predictions are even more common, though, so I’m not sure how meaningful either one can be.
It feels icky to claim that something was “predicted” by a fictional story that made no claim to being serious prediction, though.
Did Leinster publish in academic journals and reasonably counts under a category like futurism? Or pulp sci-fi magazines and fiction?
Pulp sci-fi is closer to what I think of what I hear “futurism” than anything published in a reputable journal.
But so much pulp sci-fi was published, and in such variety, that one could find a plausible “fit” for pretty much any conceivable future invention.
Respectable predictions are even more common, though, so I’m not sure how meaningful either one can be.
It feels icky to claim that something was “predicted” by a fictional story that made no claim to being serious prediction, though.