Science fiction is when fantasy and reality can be fused as one as science is tested and pushed further than its limits. Science fiction implements technology in a whole new way by emphasizing the importance of scientific breakthroughs along with its positive and negative effects.
We all know that plot and events need to be believable. Yet, in science fiction, the whole concept of something is difficult to adhere. Science fiction has alternative possibilities when it comes to technology that creates "suspension of disbelief". In science fiction, natural science is used to uncover the conclusions of certain elements wether "fantasy" can really become "reality". For example, rooftop solar-panels. Rooftop solar panels is something that is not used in today's technology. There, a person would have a disbelief and think, "How is it even possible to have a whole entire house roof be made of solar panel? How would that work? Wouldn't that be ugly looking"? When it comes to science fiction, this structure of solar panels is uncalled for and totally out of the box, giving off that "suspension of disbelief", where a person doubts the ability technology has, with the effective outcome it may have.
Science fiction is made up of scientific breakthroughs that can go either way--positive or negative. Science fiction provides potential scientific explanations to various functional elements. It mainly uses the evidence and answers from the past, present, and scientific nature. These evidences are all an attempt to better and utilize today's technology advances. There can be a predictable idea of something, and with scientific thoughts and even tests, the outcome of that something can either be effective or the other way around. Sometimes, the negative consequences outweigh the positive effect. It sometimes can create an imbalance that may build up the conflict into the science fiction genre into a much more deeper and meaningful way. For example, an attempt to create a cure for cancer. In science fiction, using scientific evidence would allow a person to conclude wether or not a cure for cancer can be a good thing. Yet, it can also go the other way around. This is what science fiction is all about. This example clearly illustrates itself in the movie "I am Legend", where a cure for cancer is made. Although, the consequences, based on this movie, had positive as well as negative outcomes. The positive outcome included that cancer was cured and cancer-patients were free from cancer. The negative, however, were very crucial. The negative effect was that the patients who got the vaccine for cancer all mutated into something dangerous, flesh-eating, monster-like living things. The movie well demonstrates the main concept of science-fiction. Science fiction, with it technological advances and attempts, can either turn out to be with positive consequences or negative consequences. These positive and negative outcomes do help to build up the conflict in some way.
With scientific breakthroughs with good and bad effects and a suspension of disbelief, the conflict builds up into the science fiction genre. It is those evidences from science of nature that gives those alternative explanations of functional elements, that really are an attempt to utilize todays technology. With the idea of making "fantasy" become "reality", science fiction is expressed in a much deeper way.
