This Isn\u2019t Happiness<\/a>, which shared the above infographic.<\/p>\nWhile the importance of science fiction is not limited to or even necessarily focused in its ability to accurately predict future science and technology, it should not be missed that it also does that \u2013 sometimes by inspiring people to develop the things imagined.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
HT to Jeff Carter for sharing the link to This Isn\u2019t Happiness, which shared the above infographic. While the importance of science fiction is not limited to or even necessarily focused in its ability to accurately predict future science and technology, it should not be missed that it also does that \u2013 sometimes by inspiring […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":23439,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[3311,5182,10886,10890,12320],"class_list":["post-23438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-fiction","tag-fact","tag-infographic","tag-science","tag-science-fiction","tag-technology"],"yoast_head":"\n
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