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Published: Dec. 13, 2016, 7:02 a.m.

b'\\n Chris\' favorite Decipher SciFi selfie \\u2764\\ufe0f\\n\\n Production \\n\\n

Issues before, issues during, issues in the final cut. So many issues! How the movie lost much of the depth of the book.

\\n\\n Scifi vs Fantasy \\n\\n

Sciencey\\xa0veneer over a big pile\\xa0of fantasy. Maybe steampunk?

\\n\\n Dark Matter \\n\\n

Recognizing that\\xa0dark matter makes no sense as an explanation for dust.\\xa0Considering the public conception of dark matter way back when the book was written. Discovery and modern evidence. Bullet cluster. Baryonic matter. Dark energy or the cosmological constant.

\\n\\n The Mind-Body Problem \\n\\n

Familiars and daemons and souls.\\xa0Dualism. Consciousness uploading. Metaknowledge.

\\n\\n Polar Bears \\n\\n

Polar bear evolution. Shrinking habitat. Hollow hairs and skin color and other adaptations. Blubber and keeping cool.

\\n\\n Parallel Universes \\n\\n

Svalbard! Aurora. The many-worlds interpretation.

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