The Prediction Problem
Tags:
writingGoHsci fi
When:
4:00 PM, Sunday 26 May 2019
(1 hour 30 minutes)
Where:
San Mateo Marriott
- Engage
How:
Why is it so hard to write stories that accurately predict future science, technology, and societies? Is the future just unknowable, or are writers blinded by gaps in knowledge--such as the basics of human behavior--they could actually fill? When a story accurately predicts some aspect of the future, is it just chance, or did the author have specialized knowledge or a particular perspective that made their idea more likely to come true?