Fringe Glossary

Feature by Jon Lachonis, Contributing Editor

In this scientific day and age, impossibility is a quality eaten away by time. The notion that something cannot be done is giving way to the moral debate over whether or not it should be done, and beneath that debate is the cold pulse of scientific advancement willing to do anything to sure up man's mastery of the physical domain. It is in this emerging netherworld of ethics and technology beyond imagination that Fringe resides, applying classical horror and fantasy story telling techniques to the realms of science, removing the impossibility from the occasion and going straight for our modern day sensibilities of techno-paranoia and fear where the question isn't "is it possible?" as much as "is anything impossible?" Keep your eye right here for an examination of some of the technology and theories at the heart of JJ Abrams' new show Fringe.

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