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science fiction

A genre of fiction in which scientific and technological issues feature prominently especially including scenarios in which speculative but unproven scientific advances are accepted as fact and usually set at some time in the future or

Inutility

Uselessness the quality of being unprofitable unprofitableness as the inutility of vain speculations and visionary projects

free thinking

forms ones own opinions rather than depend upon authority especially about social and religious issues exhibiting boldness of speculation skeptical of authority

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Freethinking

Undue boldness of speculation unbelief

Finedrawn

Drawn out with too much subtilty overnice as finedrawn speculations

Dilettant

Of or pertaining to dilettanteism amateur as dilettant speculation

venture

venture : an undertaking involving chance, risk, or danger ;esp : a speculative business enterprise see also joint venture

underwrite

by means of a public offering [was a security brokerage firm which as part of its business underwrote speculative new issues "UFITEC, S.A. v. Carter, 135 Cal. Rptr. 607 (1977)"] 3 a : to put up funds

smart money

n 1 : money invested by one having inside information or much experience 2 : well-informed investors or speculators

ripe

is ready for judicial resolution because the injury is certain to occur and is not merely hypothetical or speculative compare moot 2 : ready and appropriate for disclosure because reasonably determined to be valid and not required

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