The Poster

I am of the opinion that science fiction is just fantasy plus science. I mean most fantasy has elements of science but just their own science. Science is just understanding the rules of the universe and even the rules of magic. For example in Harry Potter could also be categorized as science. But the series I am a fan of is Star Trek. Star Trek is partly based on real physics. The warp drive which is used in the series to go faster than light was based on a highly theoretical idea to possibly go faster than light. A lot of the people who grew up watching the shows who became physicists tried refining the idea. It has continued being refined and is currently, as of November 2021 where the most recent breakthrough happened, maybe possibly possible. It’s still highly theoretical but it’s incredible to see people trying to make this a reality. This blurs the line between science fiction and actual theoretical physics which I find incredible. On the bottom left is a diagram of how the Star Trek warp is supposed to work. On the bottom right is a diagram of how something theoretical physicist thought up to do something similar. On a side note, the creators of Star Trek are widely accepted to be the inventors of the tabled as a device similar to it was used by one of the characters in Star Trek 23 years before the invention of the iPad. In Star Trek, it was called a PADD.

The altar

In the back is a line of books which go in rough order from left to right based on when I read them. They all had a profound effect on me. Some notable ones are the Secret of Superhero Science, Star Trek Technical Manual, and Fermat’s last theorem. The Secret of Superhero Science is an interesting book that explores the plausibility of different superpowers. The Star Trek Technical manual was hilarious. It goes into extreme detail into the tiniest things and just brushes over other things. The book was written by the technical advisors of one of the Star Trek series and shows how they imagined the starship worked. The red dividing line represents the present because I haven’t read the books to the left of it. The book Fermat’s last theorem which I got for Christmas from my uncle is a book that isn’t about science fiction but rather about a famous math problem and explains the history of how it was solved. I haven’t finished it yet but so far it is very engaging and interesting. The thing on the left of the altar is a model of the starship which is the focus of the Star Trek series which I like. I watched it because I have fond memories of watching it with my mother as a child and hearing that my uncle learned English by watching it as a child. I was intrigued and I loved the show it had thought-provoking philosophical and ethical dilemmas. A lot of them didn’t have a black and white answer because they didn’t have one. No solution was perfect which is a very good lesson to learn. A lot of lessons and ideals which guide me come from Star Trek and I don’t really know how to feel about that because they are tv shows and that really isn’t the best place to get advice from. The mini Suske and Wiske is just there because it didn’t really fit next to the others. The reaction glasses represent my interest in chemistry and the streetlight circuit my interest in electrical engineering. I also wanted to include a Gyroscope to represent my interest in physics, but I took it with me to my father and forgot it here so I couldn’t. The J represents me.