The Imaginary

What could be said about the act of using one's imagination?

The capacity to foresee the future?

What kind of “hook” could one use in a presentation?

A human characteristic

“The human being is the only animal that thinks about the future. (…)

Until a chimp “knows” about the law of gravity (…) until it weeps at the thought of growing old alone, or smiles as it contemplates its summer vacations, or turns down a fudgsicle because it already looks fat in shorts, I will stand by my version (…) we think about the future in a way no other animal can, does, or even has, and this simple, ubiquitous, ordinary act is a defining feature of our humanity.”

Daniel Gilbert – renowned psychologist from Harvard University

But why????

Our brain allows us to “plan”.

The human brain is equipped with a part that allows us to make “plans” and “predictions”: the frontal lobe.

Amusingly enough, it is also the source of “anxiety”.

History of Sci-fi

You can't risk not to mention the first prominent authors of science-fiction.

H.G Wells Aldous Huxley

History of Sci-fi

And of course the BIG THREE of Science-fiction.

750 + novels and short stories.

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