The Shapeless - Sci-fi Story The walls of the lab were covered with aquariums like honeycombs. All but one of the tables with nitrile gloves, microcentrifuge tubes, microscopes, and Petri dishes on them were empty. Although other researchers left the lab, Yagiz continued his work until morning. He got up from his desk and started walking in lethargic steps towards the aquariums. He grabbed a fish that looked like anchovies floating in the bottom aquarium with a small bucket…
The Truth Detector - Sci-fi Story It was a quarter past ten when the dream pillow woke Fırat from his restless sleep. His room smelled of iodine, and there was still the hum of waves in his ears. So the dream pillow made him see the sea in his dream, but the huge waves coming from afar and the terrible sharks surrounding him turned the pleasure of the sea into a nightmare. He put on the glasses that allowed him to connect to the internet, get up from his bed, and left the…
Strange Days In the last 20 years, we have experienced quite traumatic events, most notably the Covid-19 epidemic that we are experiencing today. We entered the new Millennium to predict that computers would create significant problems in the transition phase to 2000. The expected apocalypse occurred on September 11, 2001, although not in the Millennium's early days. After Islamist terrorists attacked the Twin Towers and the Pentagon in New York, we were told that the world…
Bliefs of the Postmodern Age It is not easy to accept uncertainties about the future that cannot be grasped by the scientific method. The human mind needs certainty and is inclined to fill the gaps with stories using imagination. Religions are our greatest helper in this regard. I have been intrigued by the contradictions of religions. The number of believers worldwide is still higher than those who do not believe in organized religion. Believers in different geographies…
Surprising Math of Megacities As a result of his extensive data analysis, theoretical physicist Geoffrey West has come up with a formulation that "every time the population of a settlement double, national income and innovation per capita increase by 15%". The increase in per capita income and innovation is increasing every time, starting from the village, going towards the town, the city, the big city, the megapolis. Since national income per capita and the culture of…
Mind Wars - Sci-fi Story In the building of Mergen Cognitive Services Inc., which resembled a crystal sphere, Sebnem, the general manager's assistant, looked at her appearance in the mirror. She leaned the mirror against the screen and projected blue triangles on the screens of the buckles using the app on her mobile phone. The buckles with mini-screens were gifts to her from Mustafa, whom she had dated the previous year. The rapprochement between them, which began during a…
Experiencing The PancakeSwap Environment Nowadays, I have DeFi (Decentralized Finance) applications on my schedule. Due to my banking background, the subject attracts my attention intellectually, and I want to take advantage of investment opportunities in this field. Today, I will write about PancakeSwap, which is widely used. PancakeSwap is the largest DeFi app in the Binance ecosystem, currently ranked 25th among all cryptocurrencies with a market capitalization of $ 6.4…
Atlas of Misconceptions - Sci-fi Story The van, which was on its way to pick them up, was hit by an avalanche. The van’s driver was pulled from under the avalanche by the efforts of search and rescue robots. However, due to the enormous size of the avalanche, it was unclear when the road would open. A sudden change in the direction of wind caused Defne to stumble. Tour guide Birol immediately rushed to Defne to help. They proceeded with their heads tilted forward in the…
Happiness Sphere - Sci-fi Story I woke up in the morning, alone in my bed. The girl I spent the night with must have gotten up early and left the house. I got up and sat on the edge of the bed, conjuring images of the night before from the life recorder inside my head. The expression of happiness mixed with surprise on the girl's face when we were making love was just as I remembered it. I added the image to the "facial expressions" folder and got up, washed my face, made…
The Lame Robot - Sci-fi Story My father brought me a present last night. I'll tell you what, I'm surprised. My mother almost swallowed her little tongue in surprise. Because my father doesn't buy presents for anyone, even on birthdays. New toys are normally inside the boxes. And the robot my father brought me came out of a grocery bag. Like a magician, my father turned the robot around, put it on the ground, and started it. It wasn't even half a meter tall, but the robot was…
Time Trap - Sci-fi Story I was sitting by the window watching the rainfall outside. The wind bent the trees' branches across the road, and the drops hitting the glass merged and floated down into thin columns of water. A bolt of forked lightning struck on the horizon, it ended descending to the sea, and time stopped. From the evening on, my head was smoky because of the wine I was drinking, so I thought what I was seeing was a delusion. The lightning on the horizon stood…
Questions and Answers About Black Holes In the summer of 1990, I read British physicist Stephen Hawking's book A Short History of Time: From the Big Bang to Blackholes. I was a college student, and the book was probably the first popular science book I ever read. I was so interested in the book that I did not even get up and eat until I finished it. Although my initial excitement decreased over time, black holes continued to interest me in the following years. In this…
Relationship Coach Umberto - Sci-fi Story "You don't concentrate on the game," said AI-based consultant Umberto. He was trying to train Başar in a relationship simulation game called Enthusiastic. Enthusiastic turned out better than Başar had hoped, but his advisor Umberto was a pain in the ass. "You have to learn all the intricacies of relationships," Umberto said. He was the only one that had a tuxedo among the artificially intelligent relationship consultants; Başar…
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My Covid19 Experience I woke up with an intense headache on Saturday morning. Although I had been accompanying my wife, who had Covid19 for some time, I did not attribute the disease to myself. I thought I had a headache because I was working hard, looking at the screen for many hours. I took painkillers and continued my daily routine. Thanks to the painkiller, my headache completely went away, but my fatigue continued the next day. I was still sluggish when I woke up on…
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Sci-fi Novelette - Android Island - Part 1 of 12 Our seaplane descended slowly and landed on the turquoise ocean. After the belt warning lights went out, David and I got up from our seats and headed for the exit door. At this time, the cabin crew was lowering the boat that would carry us to the island. We put on our lifeguard vests on the bearded cabin attendant's sign and moved to the boat with cautious movements. Android Island, about which many conspiracy theories were…
Spare Body Clinic - Sci-fi Story He was walking in the dusty alley without paying attention to the fragments of glass crumbling under his feet. His goal was to reach home, which was located beyond the houses riddled in the Civil War. The unusual home, which he moved into three years ago, was located on the fourth floor of a multi-story car park. He has been satisfied with this property, which he acquired after the civil war by making a large payment to the local mafia. The…
Umbawa's War - Sci-fi Story As I walked to the capsule that would land me on the planet Kepler-21, I was under the influence of the Cosmoline I had taken to sleep during the interstellar travel. I was on my way to Kepler-21 because of a mediation mission provided by the World Federation, and I had to hurry to land on the surface, as every wasted hour increased the risk of war. With the help of an officer from the starship crew, I sat in my seat in the capsule and fastened my…
Mirror In The Sky - Sci-fi Story "Wake up, Yunus Captain, there's another one above our ship," the deck chief Suat said, diving into the captain's cabin. The captain, who drank raki too much the previous night, barely opened his eyes and said, "Did you stand up for prayer? Where's Semih?" "The ship is upside down in the air. God save us from disaster," said the deck chief Suat. Yunus Captain took power from his elbows and stood up, saying, "Don't drink that shit. At least…
Robots of the Haunted House - Sci-fi Story As I walked along the side street of our house, the municipal mobile bath stood right in front of me. I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity when wild people were not around. Telling my robot Ozi, "wait for me here," I climbed into the vehicle that looked like a fire truck and showed the bracelet on my arm to the door. The bracelet I bought on the black market opened the back door of the truck. I'm saying that because this…
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