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"I do my projecting in what you might call fictionalized form; try to fill in the details from imagination. In the case of Khalid, I was trying to imagine what would happen if his influence were suddenly removed from Near Eastern and Middle Eastern, affairs. I suppose I constructed an imaginary scene of his assassination...." I DO MY PROJECTING IN WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL A FICTIONALISED FORM TRY TO FILL IN THE DETAILS FROM IMAGINATION IN THE CASE OF KALID I WAS TRYING TO IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF HIS INFLUENCE WERE SUDDENLY REMOVED FROM NEAR EASTERN AND MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS I SUPPOSE I CONSTRUCTED AN IMAGINARY SCENE OF HIS ASSASSINATION
in our lifetimes--certainly within the lifetimes of my students--there will be explorations and attempts at colonization on Mars and Venus. You believe that, Doctor?" "Oh, unreservedly. I'm not supposed to talk about it, but I did some work on the Philadelphia Project, myself. I'd say that every major problem of interplanetary flight had been solved before the first robot rocket was landed on Luna." "Yes. And when Mars and Venus are colonized, there will be the same historic situations, at least in general shape, as arose when the European powers were colonizing the New World, or, for that matter, when the Greek city-states were throwing out colonies across the Aegean. That's the sort of thing we call projecting the past into the future through the present." Hauserman nodded. "But how about the details? Things like the assassination of a specific personage. How can you extrapolate to a thing like that?" "Well...." More "memories" were coming to the surface; he tried to crowd them back. MENT HAS AT PRESENT A MILITARY BASE ON LUNA WITHIN OUR LIVE TIMES CERTAINLY WITHIN THE LIFE TIMES OF MY STUDENTS THERE WILL BE EXPLORATIONS AND ATTEMPTS AT COLLIZATION ON MARS AND VENUS YOU BELIEVE THAT DOCTOR OH UNRESERVEDLY I'M NOT TO BOAST TALK ABOUT IT BUT I DID SOME WORK ON THE PHILADELPHIA PROJECT MYSELF I'D SAY THAT EVERY MAJOR PROBLEM OF INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT HAD BEEN SOLVED BEFORE THE FIRST ROBUCK ROCKET WAS LANDED ON LUNA YES AND WHEN MARS AND VENUS ARE COLONIZED THERE WILL BE THE SAME HISTORIC SITUATIONS AT LEAST IN GENERAL SHAPE AS AROSE WHEN THE EUROPEAN POWERS WERE COLONIZING THE NEW WORLD OR FOR THAT MATTER WHEN THE GREEK CITY STATES WERE THROWING OUT COLONIES ACROSS THE AGING THAT'S THE SORT OF THING WE CALL PROJECTING THE PAST INTO THE FUTURE THROUGH THE PRESENT ALSERMAN NODDED BUT HOW ABOUT THE DETAILS THINGS LIKE THE ASSASSINATION OF A SPECIFIC PERSONAGE HOW CAN EXTRAPULATE TO A THING LIKE THAT WELL MORE MEMORIES WERE COMING TO THE SURFACE HE TRIED TO CROWD THEM BACK
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