One of the intellectual giants of our age has passed. While not perfect--he could at times hold to some odd views and ideas--he was certainly an original thinker who added a great deal to how we think of science, space, the universe, and our place in it. Here's to him. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/scientific-rebel-freeman-dyson-dies/ EDIT: If you don't know who he is, or if you know so little that you make kneejerk reactions to some of the terms attached to his ideas--some of which were mere larks of intellectual exploration--you owe it to yourself to spend a moment figuring it out, because he certainly has had an impact on science fiction.