The BBC News site asks Ken MacLeod, Paul Cornell, Iain Banks and Ian Watson: Can science fiction keep up with modern science?
And then gives them plenty of space to elaborate. Which is nice. The discussion took place as part of National Science and Engineering Week.
Via SFSignal who are trying their best to make it mandatory to call this format a Mind Meld (TM).
Thank you for mentioning Mind Meld (tm). That will be 25 cents. :)