Don't trust your feelings on this one. For 40 years, the Star Wars industry has been pushing a worldview that just can't hold up to scrutiny. Time to escape to reality.
If you bought these capabilities in an app store, you would think they are way cool. Surprise: they're already bundled in your brain's operating system.
Scientists are gathering this month to march – for what? How different is Big Science from any other special interest group making demands on the government?