Ronald D. Moore on Science Fiction and Battlestar Galactica

Science fiction used to be a way to explore society. It was always about today, where the author was at that moment, and took the science fiction prism and altered certain things, [giving] a distance to the audience to examine interesting questions. Questions of morality, existential questions, where are we going as a people, what is technology doing to us, how is the human condition going to change?

via Ronald D. Moore on Why Galactica Steered Clear of ‘Technobabble,’ Wired.com.