fact or fiction
Is it science fact or science fiction? Futurism presents both sides to determine the truth.
A reverse Cinderella story
I woke up to the sound of trumpets blowing that morning, this is when things really changed for me. My handmade came and dressed me and quickly ushered me to my father’s court. By the looks on everyone’s face I knew something frightening was happening. Then I saw them, the Portuguese trader and his interpreter standing in front of my parents. I took my seat next to my father, my father nodded his permission to the man. The man said “ I am here to establish a trade relation between our two peoples” “what type of trade do you speak of sir?” I could tell even then what my father was thinking “here comes one of these no good portuguese slave traders”. The man said, “gunpowder and horses in exchange for slaves” “ I will not give my own people away to a life of tyranny in exchange for wealth,” My father said. Then the two men left just like that! Well my mother said sighing I bet that won’t be the last of them, and she was right.
By Jemma Rosewater 6 years ago in Futurism
Orwellian Times ~ 2020 Where is Neo?!
When humanity is at its the pinnacle of change, which way do we decide to go. War is peace, freedom is slavery and ignorance is strength. Some of you all might be familiar with these words from the world famous novel, 1984. He speaks of a time when the world is under a one world order control, dissonance, fear, obidience and even the essence of humans when they are afraid of their ruler. Well, let’s just say a people can be controlled if they are indeed dependent upon one source. Why do we as humans stay co-dependent, why do we not break from the grips of control and love truly free?
By EnlightenedMindzSpeak6 years ago in Futurism
What is a Witch?
Language evolves over time to fit the needs of the culture that speaks it. Every time a new idea or concept enters that culture, the language changes to embrace it. As time progresses old ideas might fall by the wayside, and the words once used to describe them find new or different meanings. Tracing the definitions and meanings over the years as they spread from one culture to another is a bit like examining the fossil record, showing the full development of a word from what it is today to what it was hundreds of years ago.
By Neal Litherland6 years ago in Futurism
WE ARE THE UNIVERSE : ALEXIS KARPOUZOS
We live in a universe that can be seen and experienced from many different perspectives. We therefore need to look at the universe from many different angles. Everything and everyone is a form of the universe being expressed in a particular way. In other words, each one of us can say with absolute certainly “We are the Universe!” Since we are the universe, each one of us provides a valuable perspective that complements the contributions of everyone and everything else around us.Each of us is the universe being expressed in a particular location in a specific way. We’re all part of the same moving and evolving cosmos, but the view of it is unique from each of our respective locations.
By Alexis Karpouzos6 years ago in Futurism
Saiyan Race
The Saiyan race is one that is more like a barbaric warrior race than any other species in the universe. They started off as slaves and then they freed themselves on the planet vegeta. Everyone followed not only the king and is family but the advisor and his family as well. My father was the advisor to the king and could name the next in line if the king and his family did not survive. Well the current case is that there are a total of five saiyans alive nowadays. My father and my brother are two of the saiyans alive there is myself and I do not know about the two left. I say survived because my home world was destroyed when they rebelled against the evil emperor. Only time will tell what happens to my people either we go extinct or we flourish. I cannot go into further details because I do not remember anything from my past. That being said my father had survived the destruction of our home world and he would know better about the law that was put into place by our ancestors even when it concerns the kingship. My father was one to help the king set the proper way of doing things. The king had put our people into business with the evil emperor but he soon regretted his decision because of the life cost it took on our people and those who were under siege from our people. No matter what if my father and I get the chance we are going to bring our people back along with our home world so that we can see my mother again and see our people full of joy because they are alive despite the acts of the evil emperor. Now when you look at a barbaric warrior you will think of my people's beginning but never changed too much culture. In the next one I will be discussing what type of alien species it was that destroyed my home world and my people. When I talk about the species that destroyed my planet I hope everyone does not mind the amount of emotion that will be put into the next writing. This is the time that I would like to take to tell everyone I am working on my autobiography and it will go into more detail on my knowledge of each species. So do not fret if I have not said everything that I know yet these posts are mainly just a taste of what knowledge I have of each species that does not originate from earth. Everyone shall need to keep in mind that this information is stuff that governments would not like to have released until they are good and ready. I am only releasing all this information because I am getting tired of seeing people say what if there was life outside of earth's atmosphere on a distant planet. I want everyone to know the truth of the universe that we live in and what every alien species is capable of. The more detail that I will be going into will be in my book Kakarot: The Actual Life Story. Please remember that this is just a preview into my actual knowledge. Hope everyone benefits from this. No matter what the cost is my father would be proud of the way I have gone about helping people understand the very universe that we all live in. There is only one being that is above me in knowledge and that is the gods of destruction and the kais. Hope you enjoy your read about my people and hope that you all can enjoy peace of mind when it comes down to what is out there that could attack or be friendly.
By Devon Morehouse6 years ago in Futurism
The Parallel Universe Theory
Around 13.8 billion years ago, our Universe began with a Big Bang. The convergence and eventual collision of matter and anti-matter created a powerful explosion, known as the Big Bang. Scientists have a theory that for this to happen, there had to be something that brings about the process of inflation. Once inflation begins, not just one explosion, but many explosions will happen, at different places, during different times, for all of eternity. This is what scientists call 'Cosmological Inflation'.
By Lady Sunday6 years ago in Futurism
What is a Warlock?
If you ask people what a warlock is, you're going to get a variety of answers depending on who you direct the question towards. Some people will tell you it's a man in league with the devil, who exchanged his immortal soul for fell powers. Some might say it's an old term for a liar, or a promise-breaker. Gamers will say it's a sweet spell-casting class in systems like Dungeons and Dragons, and Wiccans may explain that it's a term applied to people who practice a destructive form of new age, neo-pagan faith.
By Neal Litherland6 years ago in Futurism
What is a Sorcerer?
When you think of a sorcerer, what images come to mind? A man in a long robe, perhaps, waving a wand or making arcane gestures with his hands? A woman tossing bones, or gazing into a fire, foretelling events she could not possibly know of? Getting close?
By Neal Litherland6 years ago in Futurism
The Twisted True Story of the Witch Who Made Headlines.
Some stories are just bizarre. But there's nothing I love more than a good ole fashioned Witch story. Maybe it's the Nigerian in me that loved hearing such stories growing up, or my love for series like Merlin, Legend of The Seeker, Supernatural, etc.
By Jide Okonjo6 years ago in Futurism
ALCHEMY: ONE PAIN, NO GAIN | Part 2
As early as 296, Diocletian, the Roman Emperor banned the practice of alchemy and tore down any related document. By 1317, Pope John XXII declared alchemy illegal and imposed strict punishments on gold transmutation intention. Until the 1500s, even France's Charles V and England's Henry IV outlawed alchemy practice of any form, levying a death penalty on those who violated this.
By Mush Boxey6 years ago in Futurism
