---
title: "Where Does Science Fiction Meet Science Fact?"
description: "What makes a science fiction story? What's the big deal about science fiction? How can we use storytelling to explore questions about the future of the human race? "
date: "2016-09-22"
modified: "2017-01-30"
authors:
  - name: "Daniel Barker"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/daniel-barker"
url: "https://futurism.com/science-fiction-exploring-the-future-through-art"
categories:
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "podcast"
  - "science fiction"
---

# Where Does Science Fiction Meet Science Fact?

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Futurism is all about the science and technology that will shape humanity's future. What better way to dive into the future than through science fiction? But what exactly *is* science fiction? If you go into a book store, you'll almost always see science fiction and fantasy lumped into the same category. So what differentiates the two? What really makes science fiction what it is?

https://soundcloud.com/uncertaintyprinciple/science-fiction-part-1-feat-dean-martin

Uncertainty Principle is a podcast by [Daniel James Barker](<https://www.patreon.com/uncertaintyprinciple>).

This episode features Dean Martin, a science fiction podcaster at [LibertyStreetGeek.net](<https://www.libertystreetgeek.net/>).

Music by:

[stellardrone.bandcamp.com/](<https://exit.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstellardrone.bandcamp.com%2F>)

Find Uncertainty Principle online [here](<https://uncertaintyprinciplethepodcast.com/>).

Thanks for listening, & keep exploring!

## Author
Physics undergraduate at Hamline University in Saint Paul, MN. Podcaster. Science Writer.