Science Fiction

When I think of 'Science Fiction,' I, of course, consider the general consensus that the story somehow revolves around technology or the lack-there-of in a way that, even inaccurately, rationalizes the universe through some form of logic. However, I like to think that there's more to the genre than just those restraints. To me, a Science Fiction story doesn't just highlight the technology available in the fictional world. Rather, it shows the mortality and limitations of the organic world by using synthetic elements to reveal the hubris of man (or other organism) in his quest to transcend the mortal world. For example, in "Tower of Babylon," it is not the technology used to build the tower itself that drives the people to build, but the fact that humanity has grown so arrogant that it thinks man has the right to violate the heavens just because he has the ability to. In the end, the tower these people have devoted their lives to yields no rewards except the knowledge that man cannot actually transcend his own physical world.