Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea \What IS fiction? That's the question that popped into our minds when thinking about Orson Welles' radio War of the Worlds performance, which set off a public panic of listeners who thought NJ was truly being attacked by aliens. Now those aliens didn't really exist, since it was all pretend. But on the other hand, they did (and do) KIND OF exist. They can be described, referenced, and can have as much veracity to people as physical objects. And the worlds created in fiction can contain REAL things - cars, people, New Jersey. Can something both exist and not exist? Whoa. Maybe you should watch the episode. PBSDS Set: It's OK To Be Smart - Science Fiction As Science Fact: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ear4Prg9G8w PBS Digital Studios - A Solitary World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWJKLYcypz8 Jeffery Goodman footnote: http://people.jmu.edu/goodmajx/Defense%20of%20Creationism%20in%20Fiction.pdf Other Sources: HG's War of the Worlds - http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds Orson's War of the Worlds- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs0K4ApWl4g Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Fiction - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/fiction/ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Modal Realism - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-realism/ Dale Jacquette - Meinongian Logic Saul Kripke - Naming and Necessity Alberto Voltolini - How Ficta Follow Fiction Comment links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSUuO84BTSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSUuO84BTSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSUuO84BTSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSUuO84BTSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSUuO84BTSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSUuO84BTSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSUuO84BTSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSUuO84BTSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSUuO84BTSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSUuO84BTSA ---------------------------------------­­­­­------------------------- Music: "Europe" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) "Carry on Carillon" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) Level 5: Room for the Homeless http://bit.ly/10N0Ykm "Bouncy Castle" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) ":P" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) Binaerpilot "Geeks" http://bit.ly/10N0UBf "Squarehead" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) Chiptune - Kenzalol http://bit.ly/15vKwpN ---------------------------------------­­­­­---------------------------- Tweek of the Week: https://twitter.com/KariAnnWrites/status/435789280703565827 Come hang out in the Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/138EHBh Check out the Idea Channel SubReddit! http://bit.ly/GNklUq And the Idea Channel Facebook page! http://on.fb.me/1eVl4vP ---------------------------------------­­­­­---------------------------- Let us know what sorts of crazy ideas you have, about this episode and otherwise: Tweet at us! @pbsideachannel (yes, the longest twitter username ever) Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com Idea Channel Facebook! http://Facebook.com/pbsideachannel Hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com/) _______________________________ Want some more Idea Channel? What's The Deal With Unboxing Videos? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSUuO84BTSA Why Do We Hate Selfies? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j7SIxMGj5Q Is Avatar: The Last Airbender Anime? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRfv5a9QFu8