English eccentric scientists make a good read -- Fred Hoyle, Penrose, et.al. -- but their speculations remain on the back burner of science. I love speculators -- they encourage invention and discovery -- but until the invention and discovery actually occurs, they are closer to science fiction than science.
but until the invention and discovery actually occurs, they are closer to science fiction than science.
And you are certainly welcome to hold that view. To me, the hypotheses and speculations of scientists like Penrose, Hawking, Rees and Crick - are more science than science fiction.