Big Picture Science - Science Fiction True
ENCORE: Don’t believe everything you see on TV or the
movies. Science fiction is just a guide to how our future might unfold. It can
be misleading, as anyone who yearns for a flying car can tell you. And yet,
sometimes fantasy becomes fact. Think of the prototype cellphones in Star
Trek.
We take a look at science that seems inspired by
filmic sci-fi, for example scientists manipulating memory as in Sunshine of
the Spotless Mind. And despite his famous film meltdown, Charleton Heston
hasn’t stopped the Soylent company from producing what it calls the food of the
future.
Plus, why eco-disaster films have the science
wrong, but not in the way you might think. And, what if our brains are simply
wired to accept film as fact?
Guests:
This encore podcast was first released on December 22, 2014
This postcast
will be released this coming Monday at:
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the companion blog to the radio show.