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Old 08-12-2015, 05:57 PM   #116
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
We have automatic opening doors, Bluetooth headsets, cell phones all because of Star Trek.
Because of Star Trek?

I'll be silly in the same vein and mention Maxwell Smart's shoe phone. No, we don't have cell phones because of Get Smart, either, although it antedated Star Trek.

Sheesh, Jon, probability says that Sci Fi has to get some things right. It still doesn't make it science.
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