I've forgotten the title, but I remember laughing at a book that insisted the controls of a hover car were so complex that only an android could drive it. The a

I've forgotten the title, but I remember laughing at a book that insisted the controls of a hover car were so complex that only an android could drive it. The author couldn't escape the idea of a car needing a humanoid driver. In fairness, authors sometimes mimic something people understand in the present to make things easier on the reader. It can take a lot of text to explain concepts to people with no familiarity.