science fiction
The bridge between imagination and technological advancement, where the dreamer’s vision predicts change, and foreshadows a futuristic reality. Science fiction has the ability to become “science reality”.
C.I.A. Guinea Pig
What drug was researched by the CIA as a truth-telling serum? Credited by Paul McCartney as inspiration for several Beatles' songs? The pied piper, Timothy Leary (happy 101st B-Day). And cited by Steve Jobs as one of the most profound experiences of his lifetime?
By Arlo Hennings4 years ago in Futurism
Dire Straits
DIRE STRAITS Lena looked at him and disappeared into the abyss, dissolving pixelated into the mist. It was cold in the air but warm, he noticed. The sunset light was a fire, orange and red, mixing together like streaks of lava, rushing down to greet them.
By Alice Carter4 years ago in Futurism
James Swithinski: Enabler of Death, Part II
Just an hour later after James had murdered the old man in the alleyway, he was pulling up to the Church of New Light. The sky overhead was cloudy and dark, the rumble of thunder in the distance threatening more rain.
By Tristan Palmer4 years ago in Futurism
First Contact
Hey John, look at this. It’s happening again. What is? The anomaly, look. This data, we thought it was some kind of corruption, but it’s not. I think it’s using a quantum bit rate we have never seen before that looks like noise to us, but… there is something there.
By Caffeine Duck4 years ago in Futurism
The 1950s Science Fiction Podcast: S2 E3
Introduction: Hi, and welcome back to the 1950s Science Fiction Podcast. Today's presentation is a book review. This time I will discuss a short sci-fi novel by Philp K. Dick, The Man Who Japped. The Man Who Japed was one of the author's earliest works and is his second novel. The story, published by Ace Books in December 1956 and is 160 pages long. The story was part of an Ace double paperback that included a second novel in the back printed in a dos-à-dos binding. This type of printing consisted of two books bound together with the same spine but, each one was upside down from the other. The second novel was The Space Born by E.C. Tubb; I am not reviewing this novel right now.
By Edward German4 years ago in Futurism
The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms
‘Arm yourselves and lock your doors. Good luck and God bless.’ So then, they were coming. The woman thanked the policeman calmly and hung up the phone with her right hand. She’d always known this day might come. The government was required to explain the risks when you moved into a border town. She still had the pamphlet.
By Josh Workman4 years ago in Futurism
Theory Explained: Simulation Theory
The Matrix... Arguably one of the greatest science fiction movie franchises of all time. Back when it was released in 1999, its plot about our reality being a simulation created by a more technologically advanced intelligent race was nothing more than a work of science fiction. Then, in 2003, all of that changed at the hands of a man named Nick Bostrom. His paper, published in Philosophical Quarterly, was the first serious intellectual publication to propose simulation theory. Since then the theory has gained a substantial amount of traction, even with some big names from silicon valley. Elon Musk shook all the skeptics when he was on the Joe Rogan Podcast. He said and I quote:
By Carlos Guerra4 years ago in Futurism
