fact or fiction
Is it science fact or science fiction? Futurism presents both sides to determine the truth.
little black book
I will never forget the day I found it. It was flagged as anomalous and sent down the conveyer to land in my bin. At first, I assumed it was another smartphone as it was encased in a protective sheath used for those old devices. I remember thinking that the AI must need an overhaul for flagging this. I broke the surprisingly still intact seal and shook out incalculable wealth.
By Sean Patrick Kensinger5 years ago in Futurism
The Family Dynasty
The Family Dynasty 1-9-2009 Imperial house Japan … Finally, I can breathe as I make my way out the side door of the palace. These passages to the outdoors have always been forbidden to me. Until now that is. Today I am 21 years of age. Today I am officially a woman and no longer must I walk the path of the old ways. I honor my ancestors; I understand the sacrifice and pain we have all experienced but now is the time to change history not, repeat it.
By Jamica Wallace5 years ago in Futurism
Hades’ Offer
Helios is the god of the sun, He has two sisters, Selene and Eos. With the coming of each new day belonging to Helios, but the night belongs to Selene. I understand now when you tell me, in a voice that muses, and sirens wish that they could have, “Helios, Selene Eos” I can feel the love permeate through every word, every molecule of air from you to me. I know that by just saying those three words that, even with how broken I am, you still somehow find the best in me. So when I told you the same thing I did not think that you would ever leave. Then you came back, how grateful I was for that moment, and again you told me “Helios, Selene, Eos” again and again I could feel what you were trying to tell me. Time and time again we went on like this, you the siren and me the dreaded sailor that always finds himself going towards the siren’s calls no matter what the rest of the crew is saying. I should learn that what you say is not true but your words trap me like a gorgon’s gaze. Unlike Perseus though I am unable to cut off your head so I don’t turn to cold stone, all I do is turn cold. No matter what I do to try and fend you off to keep you away, the gods seem to be more amused at what you do to me. I have prayed to every god for help and only one offered me help. Hades. I am tempted to take his offer for help as the other gods laugh at my requests to have all memory of you washed away from me. And now I take up Hades' offer. High atop one of the highest mountains save Mt. Olympus I take one more step and I forget that you were even in my life. I feel the wind rushing against my face as I take the final step and then I am face to face with Hades without a realization of what I have just done. For I had made the ultimate sacrifice, and that is why the other Gods all laughed at my requests to have your memory torn from my mind. Had I known the true reasoning I may have reconsidered my course of action. But I wanted all memories of you gone more than anything else in this world. So as I stood before Hades I felt every fiber in my being, swelling with rage inside that I did not know if I could control any longer. As I walked up to him to accept my fate I heard a voice in my head scream, “Now!”, and before I could make sense of what happened next I found myself holding someone’s head in my bare hands. I cannot recall what drove me to behead this being, but when I looked closer upon inspection, I saw Hades’s twisted smile. I had done it now, I thought to myself. I had beheaded the King of the Underworld and brother to the mighty Zues himself, what was my punishment to be, why had I not been struck down where I stood, what brought me to kill the King of the Underworld? These questions and many more came rushing in all at once and I had not the time nor the answers to any of them. So before I could even think, I ran. I ran far from the scene and left the beheaded corpse and dropped the bloodied head as my feet carried me until I could no longer stand. I still had the head of the King of the Dead, which by some twist of cruel fate was dead by my hand.
By Will Besaw5 years ago in Futurism
Cryptofuture
“Good morning Alicia! It’s time to get up and get around for work” my assistant blares through my bedroom while she turns all the lights on and opens the curtains allowing the sun to shine into my room. She then begins to tell me about my routine for the day and what the weather will be while I lay in bed and stare at my now brightly lit ceiling. “Hey Google, you can stop,” I say, instructing her to stop talking. I sit up in my bed and look out my 34th floor window and gaze upon the view that is New York city at seven in the morning. I get out of bed and walk to my calendar and see that today, after 11 days, I finally get a day off from work. There is a note on my calendar telling me to not volunteer for overtime today but I can’t figure out why. Looking around my room I finally remember from the leaflet sitting on my bedside table, there is a showing for the now holographic interface today and it starts at ten!
By One of Few5 years ago in Futurism
The New World
Life as we know it is facing another extinction. What once was, will no longer be. Things and people do not just go missing or disappear, and eventually the past shall repeat itself. Be careful what you wish for and establish for your future. Nothing is promised to anyone, and what you think you know, you are far from the truth. We thought they disappeared or were damaged, but they have returned. They are mean, angry, and full of hate. They seek revenge and want to claim our territory. Mother did not prepare me for this, and I do not know what to do next.
By Nicole Browne5 years ago in Futurism
Lets do the time warp
As everyone has seen, as we moved into 2021, after a shitty year, no pun intended. That there were weird predictions that among many things, that there was a glitch in the matrix. A well-known app (TikTok) had many people bringing up these references and trying certain experiments. A few are asked Siri or Cortana (Apple or Android AI) how long before January 2021, and a lot of people got a slue of different answers and none were right. So, what exactly was going on in the cosmos? There was another video I have seen that said in 2012, the world never “ended” but split into 6, different dimensions and no I am not quoting a similar series sequence in the new Netflix Sabrina series! But she went on to explain why she thought it was true and if I had the video, I would link it. I also started thinking about this whole thing a little further with many factors. I am kind of a history buff, sort of. Furthermore, I started my own research, did you know for a fact that for the last 4 centuries, yes 400 years at the same time every hundred years a plague has happened? 1720 was the Black Death, 1820 was the Spanish flu, 1920 influenza and TADA corona in 2020, But another interesting fact is that all these years are in fact leap years, which could explain why it seems we are in a dimensional rift. Well with each of the years there were other major events that took place. Do not believe look for yourself, but my food for thought in all this is maybe it is the earth's way of natural selection and its way to heal from the man-made problem, man has created. Yes, I know this is a dark way to look at it, but it makes sense to me. And before anyone says that is not cool, a lot of people have died, yes, they have but this has happened every 100 Years for the last 400 years. One other thing I find interesting is that in the last years there has been a scientist making some interesting discoveries to date. One other video I watched which was cool was that it was found that they have never found a full T REX skeleton only ever a skull, so this video said it would explain a dragon because a dragon bone was hollow, so they never would have survived fossilization and therefore only the head would be found! I do not know; you tell me what you think. By the way, if you were wondering I did do the experiment of how long until January 2021, and you know what I was told by Siri? ‘’It's five days until then!’’ It currently is January 26, 2021, so how does that make it 5 days from now, so they are all a little behind., like I said if any of this interests you check these things out too! Oh, to add a little more information to the bundle of weird there is also a video out now stating that Canada's ex-defence minister confirms the existence of aliens, and he confirms that is there is a total of 80 discovered so far. There is also a breed that walks among us right now, and they are called the Nordic blondes. They have been here a while and do not interfere but have expressed distaste for our climates and heavy machinery, this all went along when the same ex- defence person confirmed that there was in fact galactic federation! Well food for thought at its finest. I do want to note one last thing in the context of this read, is that everything on the internet is not true and there can be fake news, so please stay safe and read for fun.
By Felisha Savard5 years ago in Futurism
What if the Rapture was Pre-planned?
There is this current trend by religious people or groups that the Rapture is coming. The end of times seems to be showing up pretty strong lately with a world pandemic going on plus climate disasters. Actually, the end has been feared and been preached to be near for a long time now. One of them was at the turn of the century when technology was going to kill us all with the Y2K prediction. There was also the prediction by the Aztec calendar that was supposed to come in 2012. Now, preachers and believers of many religions are preaching that the Rapture is near and to start believing in the second coming.
By Bazooka Teaches5 years ago in Futurism
Answers to Some of Life's Mysteries - Part 1
Introduction Some years back I was blessed to expereince enlightenment! Afterwards I set up a twitter account and took questions from random readers. The following is a recollection of my experiences and answers to many questions that I was asked. Feel free to reach out for any clarification. Also, please enjoy my original images. Thank you!
By Bruce__Leroy5 years ago in Futurism
