Susan Stratton's Psi And Technology In Science Fiction

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The main goal for Susan Stratton in writing Psi and Technology in Science Fiction is to clarify the connection between technology and psi in relation to psychic powers. The emergence of "Psience fiction" is from the writers' awareness of the need for a greater sense of connection between self and others and between self and the universe as one inhabits, and most importantly, establishing a marked relationship between human sensitivities to each other and to our surroundings. She proclaims that human developments and capabilities of Psi have to be equal or even supersede the past century's obsession with the technological developments in order to foster humans’ sensitivity and the universe. “Science fiction has always been a voice for some

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