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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP11 May 2024 5:04 p.m. PST

…kids better understand science


"Science fiction can lead people to be more cautious about the potential consequences of innovations. It can help people think critically about the ethics of science. Researchers have also found that sci-fi serves as a positive influence on how people view science. Science fiction scholar Istvan Csicsery-Ronay calls this "science-fictional habits of mind."


Scientists and engineers have reported that their childhood encounters with science fiction framed their thinking about the sciences. Thinking critically about science and technology is an important part of education in STEM – or science, technology, engineering and mathematics…"

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smithsco11 May 2024 6:32 p.m. PST

I read Michael Crichton and Orson Scott Card as assigned authors in my high school English classes. It was great and it did help me learn. I teach history in the same school today. All the books in English classes are woke garbage with a political agenda

Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian12 May 2024 4:15 a.m. PST

Modern sci-fi is as much fantasy as science fiction.

ScottWashburn Sponsoring Member of TMP12 May 2024 8:25 a.m. PST

I did a book report on Heinlein's "Starship Troopers" when I was in third grade. :)

Gear Pilot12 May 2024 1:46 p.m. PST

I read Sands of Mars from my Jr High Library.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP12 May 2024 4:11 p.m. PST

Isaac Asimov…

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smithsco12 May 2024 7:00 p.m. PST

Some modern sci Fi is definitely fantasy but with lasers (Star Wars is great fantasy but it isn't sci Fi). Crichton was hard science. I miss him writing. I frequently revisit his works.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP13 May 2024 3:47 p.m. PST

(smile)


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The Last Conformist22 May 2024 11:53 p.m. PST

A lot of old sf was fantasy with rayguns.

I think the only thing we read in school that could be called sf was 1984.

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