Star Trek

We can relate to Star Trek today because of the technology they use. They have a device similar to a cell phone used to contact enterprise to beam them up. They have a headset type thing similar to bluetooth. We have space travel now as well. They wear spandex type clothing. And the women wear very little clothing like today. In probably 50 more years we will have most of the things in that episode like living in space. Although we have the Space Station it is not the same as seen in the episode.

I don't believe that novel writers influence scientist or vise versa. I think that writers are creative and use their imagination. I think that scientist are thinking of ways to make life easier. They don't sit down and read and think, "hey I would like to use that!" They sit down and say, "hey we need to think of a better way to communicate [or etc]." I do not believe that there is a valid comparison between the two. It is like comparing tooth paste to pencils.