Monday, March 10, 2014

The Reality of Science Fiction

We are so looking forward to our first Comicon!  Apparently this is also the first one for Indiana.  Needless to say, I've always been a bit of a nerd.  No matter how much I try to hide it, I still enjoy the geekier side of life.

Admittedly, I'm not a full tilt aficionado.  I don't play video games, collect comic books, or play board games, but I do enjoy a good Syfy tail, whether it comes through the television, a movie theater, across the laptop, or on my Kindle.  Whatever form it finds itself I do enjoy immersing myself into that world.

I can't speak to others as to why they enjoy all things Syfy, but for me, I believe that science fiction is the good soil upon which the seeds of innovation are planted.  Having been an engineer and IT specialist, I enjoy the act of creation.  It's extremely fulfilling to conceive an idea and then see it come to fruition.

I recently read through Nikola Tesla's autobiography and I enjoyed reading what, at his time, was considered fictional and fanciful, but are now common place.  Broadcasting music, pictures, voices, etc. over seas and around the world was a bit too much for some to consider, but not for Tesla.

For some, science fiction is an opportunity to travel to another place and time and become part of a culture that appreciates their innermost desires and fantasies.  For me, however, I enjoy the possible future that it can create.  Of course there is the dark side of the singularity; that point in which we can no longer predict what our technological conceptions will inevitably breed.  For me, I have no desire whatsoever to live in the Matrix.  I guess that's the freedom loving side of me coming out.  Innovation is great, as long as it serves humanity and not the other way around.

So...why do I like science fiction; for the reality of it of course!

Sincerely,
J.A. Davis

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