Daedalus; or, Science and the Future
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"Daedalus; or, Science and the Future" is a 1924 speculative science essay by J. B. S. Haldane that explores the social and ethical implications of emerging technologies such as genetic engineering and reproductive control.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Daedalus or Science and the Future | 1 |
| Daedalus; or, Science and the Future canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1726057 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Daedalus; or, Science and the Future Context triple: [J. B. S. Haldane, notableWork, Daedalus; or, Science and the Future]
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A.
The Machine of the World
The Machine of the World is a famous allegorical vision in Luís de Camões’ epic poem *Os Lusíadas*, in which the cosmos and its secrets are revealed to the Portuguese explorers.
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B.
A Hundred Years Hence
"A Hundred Years Hence" is a song featured within the collection known as Harrow Songs.
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C.
The First Men in the Moon
The First Men in the Moon is a 1901 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells that follows two Englishmen who travel to the Moon and encounter an underground civilization of insect-like beings called Selenites.
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D.
The Machine Stops
The Machine Stops is a 1909 dystopian science fiction short story depicting a future society utterly dependent on an all-controlling technological system and the consequences when it fails.
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E.
The Study of Man
The Study of Man is a foundational 1936 anthropology book by Ralph Linton that systematically introduces and explains the nature of culture and human societies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Daedalus; or, Science and the Future Target entity description: "Daedalus; or, Science and the Future" is a 1924 speculative science essay by J. B. S. Haldane that explores the social and ethical implications of emerging technologies such as genetic engineering and reproductive control.
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A.
The Machine of the World
The Machine of the World is a famous allegorical vision in Luís de Camões’ epic poem *Os Lusíadas*, in which the cosmos and its secrets are revealed to the Portuguese explorers.
-
B.
A Hundred Years Hence
"A Hundred Years Hence" is a song featured within the collection known as Harrow Songs.
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C.
The First Men in the Moon
The First Men in the Moon is a 1901 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells that follows two Englishmen who travel to the Moon and encounter an underground civilization of insect-like beings called Selenites.
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D.
The Machine Stops
The Machine Stops is a 1909 dystopian science fiction short story depicting a future society utterly dependent on an all-controlling technological system and the consequences when it fails.
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E.
The Study of Man
The Study of Man is a foundational 1936 anthropology book by Ralph Linton that systematically introduces and explains the nature of culture and human societies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay
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speculative science essay ⓘ |
| author | J. B. S. Haldane ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
impact of scientific progress on social structures
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long-term consequences of technological innovation ⓘ relationship between science and morality ⓘ role of scientists in society ⓘ |
| firstPublishedAs | lecture ⓘ |
| genre |
science essay
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speculative non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
bioethics discourse
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philosophy of technology ⓘ science fiction literature ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
ethical responsibility of scientists
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human evolution under scientific control ⓘ planned societies ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | mythological figure Daedalus ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
applied biology
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biotechnology ⓘ emerging technologies ⓘ ethical implications of science ⓘ eugenics ⓘ future of science ⓘ genetic engineering ⓘ reproductive control ⓘ science and society ⓘ social implications of science ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early discussion of genetic engineering
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early prediction of reproductive technologies ⓘ influential vision of future science ⓘ |
| partOf | early 20th-century futurist literature ⓘ |
| predicts |
artificial insemination
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ectogenesis ⓘ genetic manipulation of organisms ⓘ industrial use of biological processes ⓘ widespread birth control ⓘ |
| publicationType | book-length essay ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| publisher | Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. ⓘ |
| titleReference |
Dædalus
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surface form:
Daedalus
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Daedalus; or, Science and the Future Description of subject: "Daedalus; or, Science and the Future" is a 1924 speculative science essay by J. B. S. Haldane that explores the social and ethical implications of emerging technologies such as genetic engineering and reproductive control.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Daedalus or Science and the Future