science fiction
noun
: fiction dealing principally with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals or having a scientific factor as an essential orienting component
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Time travel exists only in the realm of science fiction.
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Rafting trips, aquariums, planetariums … all of these seem like science fiction to someone who has only ever lived in a giant concrete tube.
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Noel Murray, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
The Anthropic group showed two expert models excerpts from a science fiction story, then asked comprehension questions.
—Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
After the failure of Firefly from Buffy, the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon, which debuted in the fall of 2002, the conclusion should have been that science fiction was not the answer on Friday for Fox.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
There are a lot of reasons to get into tech, but the science fiction origin story is especially compelling to me.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
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Noel Murray, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
The Anthropic group showed two expert models excerpts from a science fiction story, then asked comprehension questions.
—Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
After the failure of Firefly from Buffy, the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon, which debuted in the fall of 2002, the conclusion should have been that science fiction was not the answer on Friday for Fox.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
There are a lot of reasons to get into tech, but the science fiction origin story is especially compelling to me.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Science fiction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/science%20fiction. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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