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Most great advances have been a collaboration. That is the joy of science for me.
Science fiction is the great opportunity to speculate on what could happen. It does give me, as a futurist, scenarios.
I always wanted to do action-adventure, and science fiction genres were always something that were of great interest to me.
I read science, because to me, that's extremely exciting. It's like a great detective story, and it's happening right in front of us.
People have asked me whether I have a science background. No, but I have a great curiosity about the kinds of things we do on 'Discover.'
I was diagnosed dyslexic, but I should point out I don't think it majorly impacted on me. I don't feel that I overcame great odds. If anything it just pushed me in a certain direction that wasn't academia or maths or science.
I appreciate both... for me, I think 'Star Wars' is more science fantasy and is based on a lot of great legendary heroes and morality plays and stuff. And 'Star Trek' is just pure fun. Pure science fun. And I've always appreciated both.
In science fiction, basic doubts featured prominently in the worlds of Philip K. Dick. I knew Phil for 25 years, and he was always getting onto me, a scientist. He was a great fan of quantum uncertainty, epistemology in science, the lot.
Before I was reading science fiction, I read Hemingway. Farewell to Arms was my first adult novel that said not everything ends well. It was one of those times where reading has meant a great deal to me, in terms of my development - an insight came from that book.
I went to Drexel University, majored in computer science. Drexel has a great program - they call it co-op - but its, like, mandatory to graduate to do internships. I loved it because it helped me figure out very quickly that I didn't really want to be a programmer.