Stephen answers “Is it just me, or does one of the...”

Philip Ulbrich asked this question about Seveneves:

Is it just me, or does one of the characters seem profoundly like a current real-life Astronomer who is doing quite a bit popularizing and explaining science?

Stephen Whom ever the Doob character is like he certainly typified the Climate Change argument by not allowing the argument. I was sure he'd end up being scor…moreWhom ever the Doob character is like he certainly typified the Climate Change argument by not allowing the argument. I was sure he'd end up being scorched in the story when coupled with his leaving his girl friend and child but to see him end up being emulated was a let down.

It kind of equaled solving any ethical debates on gene therapy in just a thirty minute board room discussion which seems to be the preferred way of handling important questions when it comes the elite. Or the dismissing of any talk of God from reigning down fire and brimstone on the earth as simply done by an Alien Agent and not at all discussed as a passing of judgement from a disgruntled supreme being. Mind you we were only promised no more floods. (less)

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