What is the best thing about science fiction?.?

Answer 1

The best thing about science fiction to me, is that it is based on the probabilities of science fact.

If you look at science fiction from 50 years ago, many of the weird and wonderful things portrayed have become fact, such as seeing the surface of Mars.

Answer 2

Oddly enough, Science Fiction is a cultural premonition of the future. We dream of what may be and then we set about to make it happen.
As the previous response points out, a great number of the things that were science fiction 50 years ago have come true in many ways. The thing that comes to mind most readily is to compare the small size and shape and even the flip-top variety of cell phones today with the communicators from the original Star Trek series 40 years ago.
The point is, that when we go out to create or invent something, we often have some idea ahead of time of what we are trying to create. More often than not, those ideas come from the dreams of Sci-Fi writers.

Answer 3

The best thing is that most of what we can imagine may someday become a reality. Good science-fiction fosters creative scientific ideas. For example Star Trek gave us the idea of transparent aluminium and now we have it, robots are with us and the advent of the world wide web, wireless networking and handheld devices makes things like the Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy a serious possibility.

Early science-fiction writers such a Jules Verne and H.G. Wells wrote about going to the Moon and to us, that's history.

Answer 4

I agree with some of what the previous answers say, but I also like the fact that sometimes the stories and ideas are so far in advance of what I think we could realistically achieve, it just opens your mind to completely new ideas. This can make you re-evaluate how we live tody, which is something I find myself doing after reading a really good SF book.
But yes, thinking that some of this stuff may come true in my lifetime is always interesting.
On a related point, I'd also say I'm sick of the fact that SF gets treated as a lesser form of fiction. Snobs turn their nose up at it, but some 'mainstream fiction' is terribly boring, SF can be life changing.

Answer 5

The best thing for me about science fiction is that it comes true, today's science fiction is tomorrow's reality for example lets take H.G.Wells books all of them except 1 did not come true ,the same goes for Jules Verne.!!! Another example that you can use for that is the cellphone, the boy that saw it for the first time on Star Trek went on to invent the cellphone(can't remember his name).!!!

Answer 6

The fiction.

Answer 7

It stimulates the mind and gives material to ponder on. It formalises questions which often harbour inside individuals and tries to provide possible answers. I remember watching a sci-fi tv programme more than 40 years ago, where world leaders got together to invent an alien invasion, as they thought uniting against an outside force was the only way forward for humanity.

Answer 8

The scope of the technology involved. The posibilities that the technology opens up for us. The baby steps we are now taking to make those technologies available. The scale of building we can later accomplish.

Answer 9

It's not fiction for ever. And the wildest part about it, is how quickly it's happening!

Answer 10

Is that you actually think this stuff will be around for you to see and use. When the real truth is that you'll never see it, your kids probably won't see it, and its doubtful it will ever happen anyway. It fun to dream though.