Books and Movies that take place in the future cannot be confirmed as fiction until their respective dates pass, amirite?

In this case, books and movies set in alternate universes cannot be proven fiction unless the infinite multiverse theory is proven false also

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I mean, by infinite multiverse theory, you could even argue fiction set in our universe may actually be non-fiction from another universe.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Yes, if there are infinite multiverses there will be one where each work of fiction is real and actually happening. If it's infinite literally everything happens somewhere.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Infinite combinations doesn't mean every option exists, there are infinite numbers between 1 and 2, but none of them are 3

by Anonymous 3 years ago

In another universe instead of going 123 they go 132

by Anonymous 3 years ago

In that case 2 is the same as our three, and there is an infinity of numbers between 1 and 3, but none of them are 2. In other words, even in an infinity of universes, logical impossibilities cannot exist. In yet other words, even with infinite universes, there is an even larger set of universes that cannot exist.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

While this is true, the example doesn't really work here as it's set to be specifically between 1 and 2, limiting the possibilities

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Right, but in an infinite multiverse, it could have a limiting possibility. For instance, there could be an infinite multiverse, but they must all follow the same laws of physics, so harry potter and the xmen don't exist in any possible universe, which is what most people say when they say "not every option exists."

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Sure, although there is no way to confirm that the law of physics apply the same in other universes. (I am not saying that it's possible) only saying that there is a chance that physics work a bit different throughout the multiverse

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I agree there's likely no way to know for sure, just saying that the 1,2,3 example is a really good one.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Technology so advanced it would be indispensable from magic could be a potential explanation to other universe having people with X-men powers and flying on brooms

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Except that those universes don't have technology, they're just born with superpowers

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Very good example

by Anonymous 3 years ago

As a mathematician it hurts me when people dont know how infinitity works.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

As a person it hurts me when people punch me.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Same

by Anonymous 3 years ago

There could only be finite universes, or even just one alternative universe, but you'd have to explicitly disprove that universe.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Actually, they cannot be considered as anything BUT fiction until their respective dates pass, and their "predictions" about the future actually come true.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Yeah this makes more sense

by Anonymous 3 years ago

OP said confirmed, not considered. Which is perfectly accurate.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Unless they have flashback which set in our days or past.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Orwell was considered a futorian until 1985.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

It's always fiction because it's made up by people even if it turns out to be true.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Thats what I tell my parents yet they insist the bible is non-fiction..

by Anonymous 3 years ago

That reminds me of my English Composition class back in highschool when we were writing informative papers. A kid asked if he could cite the bible, and the teacher responded "no, you can't quite works of fiction" He was fuming

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Same with Star Wars, it was a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, anything could have happened and we wouldn't have known

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Unless they break the laws of physics

by Anonymous 3 years ago

But the laws of physics are never entirely proven as true

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I'll take the 6 sigma 99.99999% accurate tests of the laws of physics as enough for my sakes lol

by Anonymous 3 years ago

especially since some believe that different multiverses could possibly have different laws of physics.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

According to The Three-Body Problem, physics doesn't exists because it's so inconsistent

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Only if the laws of physics broke on their own.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

The tagline of a Futurama episode was "You can't prove it won't happen".

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I agree 1984 is becoming a non fiction book.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

False: Idiocracy is a documentary.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

And if they have a multiverse there is still hope (at least hope for the optimistic ones) for a similar future without having to be bound to that exact timeline

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I'll have what he's having

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Back to the future

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Almost...

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Hahaha this is so smart but so stupid 😭😂

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Sometimes the times it's disproved is funny. I was watching some old sci fi movie the other day, and it was like "it's the year 2005, and humanity has colonized Mars." So many science fiction movies are way overly optimistic about the pace of progress.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

You could technically make a movie about santa resurrecting dinosaurs to take over mars in the year 3203 and call it non fiction. If they ask for proof pull out the innocent till proven guilty card

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Future birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Same with those that take place on another galaxy, such as star wars.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

So this science fiction story I made up myself that takes place thousand years in the future is for now only classed as a science story?

by Anonymous 3 years ago

To quote one of the most underrated shows, Futurama: *You can't prove it won't happen*

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.... Except they're works of *fiction*.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

What

by Anonymous 3 years ago

And if they have a multiverse there is still hope (at least hope for the optimistic ones) for a similar future without having to be bound to that exact timeline

by Anonymous 3 years ago

A prophecy is fictional until it is not.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Frequently, books and movies set in the future will have, As part of their past, events that have already failed to occur during our present or our past.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

For sure

by Anonymous 3 years ago

it is absolutely fiction even if it would come to pass as described, just as stories based on on past events (like retelling History) are works of fiction.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

That gave me a brain shiver.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Caves of Steel by Asiimov comes to mind

by Anonymous 3 years ago

It can if I wrote something that take place in 2025 and in my book I wrote "in 2020 africa exploded" it's a fiction

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Sword art online 😭

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Yes I also believe everything I read.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

That's why science fiction is popular

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Fiction means someone invented it

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Sad thing is most futuristic movies couldn't even predict anything like a smartphone (Not mobile phone). That's why they must be considered as fiction

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Nope. Fiction until proven real. Otherwise you can't have atheism. And that's not ok for some of these folks. Lol

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Speculative fiction

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I feel like by this logic anything written in the present cannot be confirmed as fiction unless you can prove that it didn't actually happen. Fiction is fiction, unless it's written as an accurate account of the past and labeled as non-fiction then it's fiction. Even if it's a story written about characters that actually existed from the past, set in the correct time and place. If the plot is made up of events that didn't happen then it's fiction.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

History books cannot be confirmed as a history because we can never know 100% what actually happened.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

"Makes book based in 2100 that has zombies taking over space x and going to other universes with space x's vast technology to inhabit of worlds"

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Depends on the backstory. Star Trek is already confirmed as fiction, because the Eugenic Wars didn't happen.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

That's why its called speculative fiction, you genius.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Unless we prove an infinite multiverse exists, we can still consider it all fiction since nothing would happen exactly like in a book or movie.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I think future fiction is fiction until proven true.

by Anonymous 3 years ago