“Fiction seems to be more effective at changing beliefs than nonfiction, which is designed to persuade through argument and evidence. Studies show that when we read nonfiction, we read with our shields up. We are critical and skeptical. But when we are absorbed in a story, we drop our intellectual guard. We are moved emotionally, and this seems to make us rubbery and easy to shape.” StoriesShowsSeemsBeliefEasyFictionStudyShapesIntellectualEvidenceArgumentMovedCriticalNonfictionSkepticalShields Author:Jonathan Gottschall
“Until recently we’ve only been able to speculate about story's persuasive effects. But over the last several decades psychology has begun a serious study of how story affects the human mind. Results repeatedly show that our attitudes, fears, hopes, and values are strongly influenced by story. In fact, fiction seems to be more effective at changing beliefs than writing that is specifically designed to persuade through argument and evidence.” WritingMindHumansFactsStoriesShowsSeemsAbleLastsValuesBeliefResultsAttitudeFictionStudyPsychologyEffectsSeriousEvidenceArgumentDecadesHuman MindPersuasive Author:Jonathan Gottschall
“I have been induced to adopt this course by a desire that my readers should be taught to think as well as to experiment, and thus be qualified at an early part of their study to discriminate between the true and the false, and acquire the facts of the science without being mystified by its fictions.” ThinkingShouldWellsHas BeensFactsDesireCoursesFictionStudyTaughtReaderExperimentsAcquireQualified Book:Chemical Recreations: A Compendium of Experimental Chemistry Source: Chemical Recreations: A Compendium of Experimental Chemistry
“In high school I was drawn to the study of literature, poetry Shakespeare, contemporary fiction, drama, you name it - I read it.” SchoolLiteratureNamesFictionStudyDramaHigh SchoolContemporaryRamaContemporary Fiction Author:Frederick Lenz
“I often imagine that the longer he studies English literature the more the Japanese student must be astonished at the extraordinary predominance given to the passion of love both in fiction and in poetry.” PassionLiteratureGivenFictionStudyImagineStudentsExtraordinaryImagine ThatEnglish LiteratureLove Passion Book:Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Source: Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn
“Science fiction is really sociological studies of the future, things that the writer believes are going to happen by putting two and two together.” BelieveTwoHappensTogetherFictionStudyScience FictionSociological Author:Ray Bradbury
“I like science fiction and physics, things like that. Planets being sucked into black holes, and the various vortexes that create possibility, and what happens on the other side of the black hole. To me it's the microcosmic study of the macrocosmic universe in man, and that's why I'm attracted to it.” MenHappensUniverseSidesBlackFictionStudyPossibilityPlanetsScience FictionVariousPhysicsHolesBlack HoleVortex Author:Wesley Snipes
“Those who relish the study of character may profit by the reading of good works of fiction, the product of well-established authors.” WellsMayCharacterReadingFictionStudyProductsProfitGood WorkRelish Author:Richard Whately
“I didn't study writing in school, I studied biology as an undergraduate and graduate student. So I think that I write fiction in the scientific way. I love invention, obviously; I love creation of character. But I do feel very rooted in the real world, even in the way that I create characters.” ThinkingWorldWayFeelsWritingRealCharacterSchoolFictionStudyCreationStudentsInventionBiologyReal WorldGraduatesRootedGraduate StudentsUndergraduate Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“In my world of the people who study war and defense issues, we simply did not talk about robotics. We do not talk about it because it's seen as mere science fiction. It's cold, hard, metallic reality.” PeopleWorldWarHardRealityFictionStudyIssuesColdScience FictionMereDefenseRoboticsMetallic Author:Peter Singer