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by Mike Kalvas

202209201414 Science can only amplify

Underneath the general optimism of Verne’s novels lies a kernel of pessimistic truth: science can do nothing but amplify the natural attributes of humankind, including hatred, violence, and vengeance.

— Victoria Blake, Introduction to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea1


  1. Verne, J. (2015). 20,000 leagues under the sea (L. P. Mercier, Trans.). Starbooks Classics Collection. (Original work published 1870)