The author of Gedo Senkai tells the difference between "alternative facts (alternative facts)" and "fiction"



In response to media reports that the number of spectators in the inauguration ceremony was small, White House spokesman Sean Spicer did not show grounds and argued that the audience was the largest ever. President Kellyan Conway, who appeared on the debate program of NBC television afterwards, said that Speaker spoken remarked, "It was not a lie but an alternative fact (alternative facts)," he says, "Alternative facts The word attracted attention. What does the alternative facts mean? About that, he is the author of Gedo SenkiAsura · K · Le = GwinHe is speaking.

Ursula Le Guin on fiction vs. 'alternative facts': Letter to the editor | OregonLive.com
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/02/ursula_leguin_on_fiction_vs_al.html

Ursula K. Le Guin Wants Everyone to Know the Huge Difference Between 'alternative facts' and Fiction
http://io9.gizmodo.com/ursula-k-le-guin-wants-everyone-to-know-the-huge-diffe-1791937356


The beginning of the matter was that the American media gathered in the inauguration ceremony of President Cardinals reported that "the past was the least." Spicer spokesperson contradicted it as "it was the largest ever", accusing the media that it is deliberately reporting lies. After that, Reuters posted a comparison between the photo of the inauguration ceremony of President Obama in 2009 and the photo of the inauguration ceremony of Trump.

Crowd controversy: The making of an Inauguration Day photo | Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inauguration-image-idUSKBN1572VU


And the president of Conway who appeared in the debate program of the American NBC asked the chairman, "Why did the spokes speak so as to be a lie?" In response to the question, "Spicer spokesperson is not a lie I showed alternatives and facts. " The moderator answered, "Alternative facts are not facts, they are" lies "" and returned.

The word alternate facts soon called a big ripple, and the content of 'American facts' posted by the Twitter account of the American dictionary 'MerriamWebster' 'factual information about objective reality' is about 49,000 Retweeted .


Meanwhile, OregonLive.com in the news media says "Alternative facts are not new, in fact, alternative facts are necessary when creating an" alternative universe "where our well-known natural law does not apply" The alternative space and the alternative facts that support it are often found in popular SF works. " The alternative universe is done by secondary creation etc.A world of development different from the originalThing.

Alternative facts alternative universe appearance in science fiction: Letter to the editor | OregonLive.com
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/01/alternative_facts_alternative.html

However, according to the above contents, Mr. Ehrla K. Le-Gwynn who is the author of Gedo Senki says as follows.

Ursula Le Guin on fiction vs. 'alternative facts': Letter to the editor | OregonLive.com
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/02/ursula_leguin_on_fiction_vs_al.html

"The content posted on OregonLive.com compares the politician's claim that the word" alternative facts "was used and the inventions in the SF work.This comparison is meaningless.SF writers Some of the stories are obviously impossible and some are realistic, but not all of them are reality, they are produced by imagination, because we are not facts we call it fiction There are "Alternative historySome may be called "alternative universe", but fiction is not called "alternative fact".

Getting facts is not easy. Sincere scientists, journalists, and others will spend a lot of time trying to get their confirmation. There is no "change" in the fact. The sun rises in the east. It is possible to pretend that the sun is rising from the west in fiction, but to assert that it is fact (alternative fact) is "lie".

A lie is deliberately telling a fact that it is not a fact like a fact. A lie is told when reassuring yourself, making someone stupid, scaring, or operating. Santa Claus is fiction. He is harmless. Lies are rarely harmless indeed, but many are very dangerous things. In many times and places, many people regard a liar as a mean person. "

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