So… CNN has a headline that says, “Scientists may be able to make magic like Harry Potter“.
The idea is “to steer light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation around an object, rendering it as invisible as something tucked into a hole in space.”
At the end of the article, John Pendry is quoted as saying, “To be realistic, it’s going to be fairly thick. Cloak is a misnomer. ‘Shield’ might be more appropriate.”
I don’t mean to reveal myself as a massive geek or anything (I’m sure you’d be shocked), but why is Harry Potter getting credit for this? Star Trek anyone?
It is a pop culture reference, so the sheep I mean masses can understand and though you may disagree more people are aware of harry………
what you want Shattner to sue…?
I have to agree. I mean the Klingons were using cloaking devices back in the 60s, and now this Harry Potter upstart gets the credit? I think not.
Snow – Media catering to the masses is like, a third of what’s wrong with America today. This is only the latest outrage in a long series of offenses. By making excuses for them you are only enabling this kind of behavior to continue.
DC – Thank you.
harry potter never made magic because he doesn’t exist. scientists exist. scientists are the real harry potter. harry potter is the wet dream of publishing houses. people compare science to magic because they would like to live in a fantasy world of harry potter / capt. kirk slash fiction. a world where everyone is openly bisexual, god exists and scientists all go to boarding school to learn quantum theory and curse the ignorance of muggle-kind.
Understanding their role not agreeing with it.
It’s true that scientists actually make the “magic” of science fiction come to life, but science fiction also often inspires scientists to make those advances. Think of the number of inventions that Star Trek and its progeny has inspired: the space shuttle (the first was actually named “Enterprise”), the needleless injection (as well as other medical equipment) and many others, with still more in development. Apparently, Shatner has even written a book about this.
In many ways, Star Trek truly has inspired scientists to boldly go where Gene Roddenberry has gone before.