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If you're citing Jurassic Park as your source, I'm not sure how persuasive the argument is.

tyri_kai_psomi 7y ago
The thing about human thought is it isn't as far fetched and disconnected from reality as we may first believe, even in the realm of fiction. The means in which the fiction is achieved can sometimes be practical methods we have available to us today! Outside some hallucinogenic escapades, most scenarios any one individual can imagine eventually faces an opportunity to become a reality, at least fiction from the past has shown us numerous examples where this is the case. The Jetsons introduced us to video phone calls in 1962, which people thought were so farfetched and deemed ridiculous. We now have Facetime, Facebook Portal, et all. Star Trek introduced us to the universal translator. We now have Google Translate and Google Assistant Interpreter Mode, and universal translators as consumer products. Marty McFly wore smart glasses and Doc wore a smart watch. We now have Smart Watches and Google Glass. In 1977 Dr Who had a robotic dog, K9, who beat its master in chess, and 20 years later computers can beat the world's best chess grandmasters with ease. I could think of some more examples, but you get the picture.
- cgriswald 7y ago
  Since it’s Star Trek, I feel the need to be pedantic. The universal translator can translate languages it has never heard before, on the fly, to English and vice Versa. There are a few episodes, (*e.g. “Darmok” TNG) featuring failures of the universal translator. We have nothing remotely close to a universal translator. To your point, however, those are examples of fiction inspired successes, not cautionary tales that sadly came to pass.
- kortilla 7y ago
  Those are tech predictions. Not unfounded “rules of nature”.
asveikau 7y ago
I believe that study was peer reviewed by Roger Ebert. Edit: off topic, but I just read that review from 1993 and it was pretty good - https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jurassic-park-1993 https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jurassic-park-1993

The thing about human thought is it isn't as far fetched and disconnected from reality as we may first believe, even in the realm of fiction. The means in which the fiction is achieved can sometimes be practical methods we have available to us today! Outside some hallucinogenic escapades, most scenarios any one individual can imagine eventually faces an opportunity to become a reality, at least fiction from the past has shown us numerous examples where this is the case. The Jetsons introduced us to video phone calls in 1962, which people thought were so farfetched and deemed ridiculous. We now have Facetime, Facebook Portal, et all. Star Trek introduced us to the universal translator. We now have Google Translate and Google Assistant Interpreter Mode, and universal translators as consumer products. Marty McFly wore smart glasses and Doc wore a smart watch. We now have Smart Watches and Google Glass. In 1977 Dr Who had a robotic dog, K9, who beat its master in chess, and 20 years later computers can beat the world's best chess grandmasters with ease. I could think of some more examples, but you get the picture.

cgriswald 7y ago
Since it’s Star Trek, I feel the need to be pedantic. The universal translator can translate languages it has never heard before, on the fly, to English and vice Versa. There are a few episodes, (*e.g. “Darmok” TNG) featuring failures of the universal translator. We have nothing remotely close to a universal translator. To your point, however, those are examples of fiction inspired successes, not cautionary tales that sadly came to pass.
kortilla 7y ago
Those are tech predictions. Not unfounded “rules of nature”.

asveikau 7y ago

I believe that study was peer reviewed by Roger Ebert. Edit: off topic, but I just read that review from 1993 and it was pretty good - https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jurassic-park-1993 https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jurassic-park-1993