Mustafa Enes Şahin
The Primary Function of Science Fiction
When we hear anything
about science fiction probably the first thing that comes to mind was future
event such as artificial intelligence, teleportation, cloning and so on. Some
people say that primary function of science fiction is the future but; others
say that main function of science fiction is the present. In my opinion, main
function of science fiction is present because you cannot imagine anything
without present. The present is source of your ideas and your imagination.
First of all, primary
function of science fiction is present because you can create your ideas,
imagination with the present. It is a kind of source. You cannot say anything
about unknown and also the future is unknown. I think you cannot also predict
the future because you cannot predict something which is unknown and no
limitation. For example first computer was very big, it is shape like room but
now we have mobile computers. In my opinion, no one could predict this
progress. For example, first cloning experiment did in 1885 by Hans Dreisch and then H.G Wells wrote The Island
of Doctor Moreau in 1896 as you know
he mentions cloning in
this book. In this direction, we can say primary fiction of science fiction is
the present. Another example is that, 1950s science fictions movies developed
with apocalyptic themes because of the devastating potential of atomic bomb and
the increase of tension between America and Soviet. Therefore, we can say that
science fiction is about the present.
In conclusion, main function of science function is the present. The
future is unknown and unpredictable.
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