Wednesday, March 25, 2015

The Lure of Discovery (part 3)


It is in our nature to seek after something new, though some of us more than others. We each have varying levels of interest and focus, but almost everyone arrives at a point where they eventually feel the need to leave the house, the state, or the country for a change. Others find more gratification in buying new clothes, technology, or entertainment (books, music, movies, games, etc.) New discoveries in science excite researchers as well, and even the discovery of a new species of insect or fish can be a monumental event in the scientific community. Science fiction satisfies our need for discovery, sometimes with the re-imagining of an entire society or futuristic world and other times with only a single, small concept that is different from our reality. Science fiction is a great outlet for our discovery-hungry yearning.

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