Science Fiction Predictions

What do futurists do?

• They are from the military.

• They make inventions.

• They try to predict the future.

When was Science Fiction born?

• During the Aztec Empire.

• During the Industrial Revolution.

• During the French Revolution.

In his novel Brave New World, Aldous Huxley predicted the use of...

• Antidepressants

• Cars

• Mobile phones

Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 451 predicted something similar to what are today's...

• Computers.

• Earphones.

• Online classes.

Why do you think is it so difficult for us to accurately forecast social changes in advance?

• We can understand how technology develops, but not how human beings will use new technologies to change society

•  

  We don’t have a good and accurate model of human society, so even the experts rely on guesswork to understand social changes

• We fear the future – it is always so different from the present – and therefore we try very hard not to consider seriously social changes

In A Space Odissey, Arthur C. Clarke described something similar to a...

• Tablet.

• Projector.

• Spaceship.

What does "thinking outside the box" mean?

• Thinking the same as other people.

• Thinking differently, having new ideas.

• Thinking when you are out of your house.

Which of these is a prediction made by the project I KNOW?

• Discovering how to communicate with animals.

• Time travel.

• Developing a way to stop all the wars.

Does Science Fiction always predict the future?

• No, never.

• Sometimes, but the future depends on us!

• Yes, always. Everything in Science Fiction is reality.

Why does science fiction help us to better understand the future?

• Science fiction shows us many possible futures from which we can learn how to better navigate our choices towards the most desirable one

• Science fiction is just fantasy tales

   

• Science fiction can tell us exactly what the future is going to look like