Was Gene Rodenberry some kind of prophet or something?!
Question: Was Gene Rodenberry some kind of prophet or something!?
Think about it!.!.!.in the "Star Trek" series, you see Captain Kirk using a communicator (the first flip phone)!.
Another episode with Mr!. Spock and he's listening to communications with a fixture in his ear (the first bluetooth)!?!
Not to mention micro-floppy disks that the crew used to find information!.
And, finally, there's an episode when the attorney who defends Capt!. Kirk laments about the disappearing art of reading books--just like what is happening today!!!
And the TV series has been around for at least 40 years, if not longer!
Did Mr!. Rodenberry know something that we didn't know of, or was it just plain luck and intution!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
Another episode with Mr!. Spock and he's listening to communications with a fixture in his ear (the first bluetooth)!?!
Not to mention micro-floppy disks that the crew used to find information!.
And, finally, there's an episode when the attorney who defends Capt!. Kirk laments about the disappearing art of reading books--just like what is happening today!!!
And the TV series has been around for at least 40 years, if not longer!
Did Mr!. Rodenberry know something that we didn't know of, or was it just plain luck and intution!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
Sci Fi writers are actually inventors who don't really invent the thing - they think of the idea!. Jules Verne and the older writers had ideas about all kinds of future technologies - and warnings about them!
Look at the shows like Buck Rogers that also helped lead to the space program!. They inspire the kids who grow up to be doctors and scientists!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Look at the shows like Buck Rogers that also helped lead to the space program!. They inspire the kids who grow up to be doctors and scientists!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
As much as I love Star Trek, most of those things could be found in a myriad of SciFi novels!.
For example, Jules Verne described a nuclear powered submarine in 1870!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
For example, Jules Verne described a nuclear powered submarine in 1870!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
No, scientific things like that are built into the genetic composition of all men!. At some point, I wouldn't be surprised if there really was a starship that was nuclear powered!.Www@Enter-QA@Com