Meeting Point News In mid-November, the Blue Planet Science Fiction Film Week, the first domestic sci-fi-themed movie-themed event platform, was held in Nanjing. The technological and humanistic connotations of sci-fi movies once again attracted people's attention. In this winter, "science fiction movie" has become a vocabulary full of psychedelic colors.
David Eagleman, a professor of brain science at Stanford University and the science consultant of the hit sci-fi drama "Western World," believes that science and sci-fi have the same spirit-exploration. "It can be said that science represents our recognition of our ignorance. No matter how much we know, there is always a bigger unknown area waiting for us to explore. And what is science fiction? Science fiction works are about the unknown, for this possibility Exploration."
is not fantasy, science is the hard core support of science fiction
What is science fiction? During the Blue Planet Science Fiction Film Week held in Jiangning District, Nanjing, Wang Hongwei, professor of the Beijing Film Academy’s Director Department and vice president of the Chinese Directors Association, raised such a question. He believes: "Science fiction is not fantasy, science is the prerequisite of science fiction."
sci-fi works are not "no wind and waves", but imagination based on real technology. Generally speaking, science fiction fans are more inclined to divide science fiction movies into "soft science fiction" and "hard science fiction." Among them, the core content of "hard science fiction" is more about the pursuit and exploration of the lofty scientific spirit and the pursuit of scientific details. Not only can it reflect the state of scientific development in a certain period, but it can also inspire people to promote technological innovation and social progress.
"Twenty Thousand Miles Under the Sea" by Jules Verne, "the father of modern science fiction", is almost everyone's first sci-fi masterpiece in his youth. This work published in 1870 detailed the structure and characteristics of the submarine "Nautilus". In reality, it was not until half a century later that the world's first nuclear-powered submarine built by the United States was basically equivalent to the "Nautilus" submarine in "Twenty Thousand Miles Under the Sea". This nuclear-powered submarine was also named " Nautilus (SSN-571)" number.
Is Verne a "prophet"? of course not. According to later research, in 1867, a "submarine" named "Diver" appeared as a young modern submarine at an exhibition held in Paris. Jules Verne is also one of the many "enthusiast" visitors. He took this opportunity to carefully observe and figure out the "Diver" and learn more about its basic principles of sailing, diving and ascent. On this basis, after Verne's bold imagination, there is finally the "Nautilus" that many teenagers are eager to board.
Everyone has the freedom to dream, which is the charm of science fiction. Science fiction works outline a bizarre imagination space for people. Unmanned driving, robot assistants, holographic projection video calls and other original fictional images are gradually becoming reality.
The movie "Wandering Earth" released at the beginning of this year has become a dark horse in the Lunar New Year file, opening the "first year of Chinese science fiction movies". The hard core of science and technology is more obvious: the solar helium flash, the gravitational slingshot project, the Roche limit, AI, machine exoskeleton, heavy nuclear fusion, and planetary engines all have very typical scientific principles and technological methods. Among them, the planetary engine is one of the important elements of the film. Although this engine only stays in the movie concept at present, the engine based on the same principle has been widely used on various satellites and is considered to be the most promising in the future. I hope to serve as the engine for mankind to move further into space.
In the not-too-distant future, taking on the important task of mankind going deep into space may be accomplished by plasma engines. Hall effect engines and magnetic plasma mechanics engines are collectively referred to as plasma engines. The development of the Hall Effect engine originated in the Soviet Union. In the 1970s, the Soviet Union's "Meteor 1-10" and "Meteor 1-18" satellites have begun to use Hall effect engines for auxiliary orbit positioning. In 2016, my country's "Long March 5" rocket put the "Shihshi 17" satellite into a predetermined orbit. The successful in-orbit of this satellite verified the world's first magnetic-focusing Hall electric propulsion system independently developed by my country, marking that my country has come to the forefront of the world in the research and development of plasma engines. In the future, a magnetic plasma mechanics engine with a power of more than 100 kW has the hope of achieving more powerful space propulsion through the electric energy generated by space nuclear fission.
Explore the unknown, imagination opens up the rich possibilities of the world
"Fantasy is the innate instinct of human beings. Imagination drives people to achieve seemingly impossible tasks, which in turn stimulates a wider range ofThe curiosity and enthusiasm of science and technology, all things in the universe, and the future of mankind promote the search for knowledge and progress of mankind as a civilization. "On the night of honor of the Blue Planet Science Fiction Film Week, the Global Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Award for Best Novel Gold Award and science fiction writer Chen Maofan explained the original nature of human fantasy.
"Science fiction enlightens us to continue to explore science." There are two paths of mutual influence between them. One is from creativity to science fiction, and then from science fiction to scientific invention. There are but not many cases; the other is from creativity to scientific invention, and then from scientific invention to scientific invention. Science fiction, from science fiction to new scientific inventions. Fu Changyi, an associate professor at Nanjing University of Technology and director of the Science Fiction Committee of the Jiangsu Science Writers Association, gave an example that when humans explored outer space, they started together with science fiction movies. In the 1960s and 1970s, the series of moon landings in the US The series of science fiction movies such as "Star Wars" jointly opened the footsteps of human exploration of space. Many scientists at NASA in the United States have been very fond of science fiction since they were young, and think that science fiction movies like "The Martian" are the direction they are working on. "If there is no " "Star Trek", we may not be able to use mobile phones now. Martin Cooper once said that Captain Kirk's golden flip communication machine was the inspiration for his invention of the first mobile phone. The mobile phone is a direct derivative product of the "communication machine" in the movie. The first technology product from "Star Trek" is an automatic door that people are used to now. When the personnel on the "Enterprise" spacecraft approach the door, the door will open automatically. "
David Eagleman believes, "Imagination is more important than knowledge, because knowledge is limited, and imagination encompasses all the world." "Chen Chufan said that bioengineering allows people to see the possibilities of infinite life, artificial intelligence allows people to see the possibilities of super intelligence, and quantum physics allows people to see the possibilities of an infinite world. These possibilities are not just fantasy, but also observation and Supported by experimental data.
Sci-fi works are based on reality, but they are beyond reality. Silicon Valley "Godfather of Venture Capital" Stephen Hoffman believes: "As shown in sci-fi works, in the future, AI will determine the world we see . It reorganizes and reshapes all data, analyzes user preferences from the data, predicts user behavior, and selects content that attracts users. "AI knows yourself better than you." In the American movie "2001 A Space Odyssey" released in 1968, the protagonist David Bowman eats a simple meal while watching a video on his tablet. Technologies such as videophone and artificial intelligence are all "predicted" in the movie. And these scenes that were unimaginable at the time have come true today. If it is really like a sci-fi movie, where will human beings look back at our blue planet in a few years?
look up and reflect, and be wary of people who are "alienated" into a one-dimensional
science fiction is not only a look up to science, but also a wake-up call to science. This duality of awe and reverence constitutes the inherent contradiction and unique thinking of science fiction. This is the fundamental reason why we increasingly need science fiction.
Science is constantly re-enchanting itself in the process of continuously disenchanting the world. "Will this cause excessive superstition of science? Undue misuse of technology? Will it neglect and harm individual and collective interests, dignity and value of human beings in the process of large-scale technological change?" Chen Chufan said in a speech Expressed his concerns about technological development.
Hu Yiqing, a researcher at the Media Development Research Center of Wuhan University and a professor at Nanjing University, made in-depth reflections from the perspective of the philosophy of media technology. He said: "The new wave of industrial revolution has swept mankind into the era of artificial intelligence. Real and virtual time and space are intertwined, science fiction and The boundaries between reality are getting blurred, and the sense of manipulation and control of machines intensifies the confusion of the post-industrial era, just like the question of people in The Matrix: Will robots replace humans? Do we have free will? The rapid development of society Will it cause people to lose their freedom and creativity and become one-dimensional people? Does returning to the perfect and beautiful world outside the universe is eternal? Science fiction works have reached a new stage, and media communication is also facing new challenges: how to Constructing a new form of communication between the reality and the reality, and perfecting the communication between people and themselves in a broader dimension, is also a new topic that sci-fi movies enthusiastically enlighten media researchers." The monster in the
movie "Frankenstein" prays for scientists to do it for themselves Create a companion, the robot Andrew in "Robot Butler" has become a real "flesh and blood" through surgery"Human", in "The Wandering Earth", human beings choose to save themselves in the face of the slim chance of survival and take the earth to wander. The fantasy world is alienated by technology, but humanity is not annihilated by the wave of technology.
Junction reporter Shen Zheng Rong Yezhen Xie Shihan
