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When I see a work which has totally RealLife+ technology, but RubberForeheadAliens, NoBiochemicalBarriers, and nonsensical economics, I would not call it a hard science fiction.

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When I see a work which has totally RealLife+ technology, but RubberForeheadAliens, NoBiochemicalBarriers, and fantasy economics, I would not call it a hard science fiction.

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I also agree with some other posters that treating \\\"hardness\\\" like a scoring system is beside the point. Some authors did do the research, but chose to use certain tropes for literary reasons. Some are more interested in social commentary than in a perfectly plausible future. Some are using aliens as proxies for human societies, not as biologically alien entities. Some authors deliberately combine scifi and fantasy concepts.

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17th Jun '13 at 04:39:28 PM

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The biological and biochemical science (realistically alien aliens with non-Earth biochemistry, non-humanoid bodies, non-human psychology)(realistically non-Earth planets), and the social sciences (human societies and economies that are sound from a social science view) are just as important areas of science.

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The biological and biochemical science (realistic StarfishAliens vs. HumanAliens and NoBiochemicalBarriers, plausible or implausible planets, etc.), and the social sciences (human societies and economies that are believable from a social science view, or more fantastical in nature) are just as important as physics.

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17th Jun '13 at 04:36:39 PM

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Yet aside from asking whether a work features psychic powers, everything is about technology and physics.

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Yet aside from asking whether a work features psychic powers, the scale is about technology and physics.

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