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: If you really think about it, they are largely compatible. It's just that GURPS fetish-izes everything when it tries to assimilate other systems.
 
: If you really think about it, they are largely compatible. It's just that GURPS fetish-izes everything when it tries to assimilate other systems.
 
: It's largely the "unknown," that which doesn't agree with current orthodoxies.
 
: It's largely the "unknown," that which doesn't agree with current orthodoxies.
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: It takes non-linear thinking, which is very difficult for many folks. In other words, it takes a sci-fi mindset. Why Jules Vernes is still as sci-fi as Asimov.
 
: - [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] ([[User talk:Maksim-Smelchak|talk]]) 11:50, 5 July 2017 (EDT)
 
: - [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] ([[User talk:Maksim-Smelchak|talk]]) 11:50, 5 July 2017 (EDT)

Latest revision as of 15:52, 5 July 2017

Superscience in Traveller (2017)[edit]

Bruce, superscience does exist in Traveller. It was added through periodicals.

- Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 22:25, 4 July 2017 (EDT)

It is clear though that how Traveler and GURPS 4e use the term "Superscience" is very different.
- BruceGrubb (talk) 23:14, 4 July 2017 (EDT)

If you really think about it, they are largely compatible. It's just that GURPS fetish-izes everything when it tries to assimilate other systems.
It's largely the "unknown," that which doesn't agree with current orthodoxies.
It takes non-linear thinking, which is very difficult for many folks. In other words, it takes a sci-fi mindset. Why Jules Vernes is still as sci-fi as Asimov.
- Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 11:50, 5 July 2017 (EDT)