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Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.

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In this quote, Isaac Asimov acknowledges that individual science fiction stories may appear insignificant to some narrow-minded critics and philosophers. However, he emphasizes the profound importance of science fiction's core essence in the context of our salvation, implying that without it, our chances of being saved as a society are greatly diminished.
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Scientist, American
Isaac Asimov was an American scientist and writer.
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