Hard science fiction

behavior between human and robots. ‘Uncanny Valley’ was shown by experimenters to be more than just a superficial condition, as it also affected cognitive behavior that is central to how we judge others. This experiment is a prime example of Cognitive Science in action since analyzing the human psychology behind the Uncanny Valley could shape how robotic engineers design androids in the future, taking into account that people are more receptive to robots that are either mechanical or fully human…

For many years’ authors have been writing dystopian texts to alert us about what could potentially happen to our world if we allow certain progressions to continue. This dystopian text discusses how the government decides whether individuals live or die in the form of an examination to test one’s intelligence. The short story ‘Examination Day’ has affected my understanding of the negative impacts an overpowering government can have on a society through the use of specific time and place in which…

An Oppression Society Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale takes a deeper look at a dystopian society where women are treated inferior to men. The novel portrays the inner struggles of a handmaid by the name of Offred, who took for granted her fundamental rights and now she is paying the price for it, as she wishes to go back to her previous life where she had: a husband, a child and rights. My understanding of the novel’s meaning and of Offred is based on my experiences growing…

every seven years. The other students at their school where born on Venus and they have never seen the sun and think Margot is crazy because she thinks the sun will come out any second. When I first heard this story I knew right away it was science fiction because there is space travel and they live on venus where it rains for seven years. This story is believable because he includes real people and it shows real life situations like bullying. This story shows…

Do technological advances in society controlling the world sound like fun? What about books being burnt for a job? Well Fahrenheit 451 is filled with both. The society inside Fahrenheit 451 has been advanced so much that now having books is illegal. This changes firemen jobs to begin burning books since homes have been fireproofed. The author of Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury, uses symbols of fire, a river and a phoenix to show more of a thorough understanding of the society created in the story.…

As far back as we can remember, human interaction has been a key factor in the daily lives of anyone living on planet earth, but what happens when that is no longer the case? In a world engulfed by technology, this is becoming an all to possible reality; most of the time it seems as though everyone is constantly glued to a screen. In this case, the year is 2053 AD and the problem has progressed to the point where people no longer leave their houses. In the pedestrian, Ray Bradbury uses…

In Anthem, the protagonist, Equality, lives in a society where it is illegal to have an ego. Every aspect of their life is controlled by the ruling government. Essentially they are all robots. The government had not only stripped the protagonist of his basic human rights but they also had dehumanized all citizens of this post-apocalyptic civilization. Equality makes a justifiable response to the human rights infringement by fleeing into the forest to escape the tyranny. The government of this…

The Effects Ignorance in Fahrenheit 451 As technology progresses mankind is becoming less social and blinder to the world around them. Today, many people are glued to their smartphones, engaging in less face to face interaction and more virtual simulation. Similarly, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, published in 1950, takes place in the future, and society has distanced themselves from one another. In the novel, Guy Montag is coming back from work when h meets a girl named Clarisse who makes him…

In the year 2044, The world is broken, and the only place that anyone feels safe in a virtual world, known as the OASIS. Wade Watts was born into poverty on Aug 12, 2027 with both of his parents teenagers. they had no idea how to raise a child, but at a young age his dad died from a shooting a a general store, and his mother died when he was 11 from “a bad batch of something in her arm.” Therefore Wade has to live with what I like to call “ A worse version of the Dursleys.” Not only are they…

From the first activity, I thought Bradley’s words were melodramatic but as the lesson progressed I realised there was truth to his perspective. Taking inspiration from my initial thought my group decided to exaggerate the first scene starting with Aastha, Erin, Georgia and Maddi who all played the roles of futuristic robots. They conveyed their role by having their face faced downwards and only when I switched the ‘button’ on with an elongated ‘beep’ sound they began to start operating. They…