Extrapolation
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| From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959 |
| (DeCamp) Prediction from present knowledge and trends, or speculation based thereon, as distinguished from mere guessing; but always keeping the imagination consistent with the knowledge that one started from. This, of course, is just what we have in science-fiction. There are few really impressive examples; Verne is very weak (about like a modern predicting a landing on the moon shortly). [You people who are reading this at Tycho Station, kindly remember that we write in mid-1959.] The bomb story that got ASF raided was on a par with this; there'd been free speculation in prozines (and even comic books) about the explosive virtues of U235. Perhaps the Future Histories of Heinlein and Poul Anderson may be considered examples of extrapolation. |
| From Fancyclopedia 1, ca. 1944 |
| The writer doesn't find this in his Winston dictionary, but it's a frequent word among scientifictionists. It means to take known data or principles and speculate beyond them, but always keeping the imagination consonant with the knowledge that one started from; this of course is just what is done in science-fiction. |
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