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Oct 9, 2020 · Paul Raven’s admirable call for the use of science fiction narratives as a tool for researching energy futures (Raven, 2017) relies heavily on concepts drawn from critical posthumanist Donna Haraway, whose work, sf or otherwise, was not mentioned in any of the 923 responses to the 2016 survey. This may not resonate with a public audience who ...
- Christopher Benjamin Menadue, Kristi Giselsson, David Guez
- 2020
Aug 3, 2017 · The first was the power of science fiction as a tool for scientific and social advocacy and cultural insight: Erren and Falaturi said that science fiction might be used “to smuggle scientific facts into the consciousness of a scientifically illiterate public” and Kotasek concluded that as society depends upon the influence of our models of reality, so science fiction has a role in ...
- Christopher Benjamin Menadue, Karen Diane Cheer
- 2017
Aug 3, 2017 · Abstract. This article aimed to uncover the foci, themes, and findings of research literature that utilized science fiction content or. concepts to describe and illustrate human culture. To ...
Jan 22, 2023 · The dystopian scenarios presented in science fiction films reveal, on the one hand, deep-rooted fears about science and scientific research in the twentieth century, in particular from the end of World War II (Kirby, 2008). On the other hand, the underlying issues of these dystopian views may reflect the concerns and fears of contemporary American society.
Feb 1, 2024 · The psychological origins of science fiction. Research about the emergence of science fiction mostly focuses on proximate How-questions, about the influence of technological culture on science fiction. Here, we focus on ultimate Why-questions, about the cognitive reasons underlying the appeal for science fiction.
Mar 3, 2020 · An extraordinary amount of science fiction (SF) carries significant content of a moralistic nature consistently reflecting concerns about social becoming nested within the context of the times the works were written (Blackford, 2017). As a rule it is perilous to lump an entire genre into any single orientation, but in the case of SF and ethics ...
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Jan 18, 2023 · Science fiction often serves as an inspiration for real scientific research and developments. Sometimes, the language of fiction shapes our thinking and approach to scientific investigation. Professor Richard Ellis, a leading astronomer who will be sharing his discoveries in modern cosmology as part of our public programme of talks this spring ...
