Also, Jay's surname is "Garmon", but that's beside the point.
Should Isaac Asimov have written science text books instead of science
fiction? Should no one have a dream to follow? You can't expect everyone
to be so pragmatic that no thoughts of "What if?" are allowed or we as a
society would still be living in caves, having never dreamed of putting a
few sticks and fronds together to form a shelter, no need for inventiveness
at all.