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Comment by SegfaultSeagull

2 months ago

> I don't think we have to worry about cute animal pictures taking over HN.

Challenge accepted.

I can't reply to your "Isn’t that just fiction?" reply to my comment. To answer your question: No, it's not. Consider e.g. Historical Fiction or fiction set in the present.

The real challenge is to do it in a way that's intellectually stimulating. Mind you The Economist just had an article about the monkey called Punch so all things are possible...

The laws of unintended consequences and never posting overhastily. You think you know these things and then blam.