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Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Has there ever been anything in fiction mediums where scientist looked at it and said that is possible and made it?

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Has there ever been anything in fiction mediums where scientist looked at it and said that is possible and made it?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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    A lot of sci-fi authors research real science for their stories as well. So they write about something that builds on reality then engineers and scientists read their stories and push reality further.

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      Wish the medical industry did that.

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        It does…

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