(March 21, 2015 at 1:11 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote:(March 21, 2015 at 12:55 pm)Brian37 Wrote: But he is not getting any of that out of fiction.
So, light sabers, transporters and Death Stars aren't fiction? Good to know since these are just some of the things Dr. Kaku has speculated about "how to build in the real world." Did you even check that second link? It's a link to the wiki page for the show "Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible," hosted by Dr. Kaku.
Let's also not forget Lawrence M. Krauss, author of "The Physics of Star Trek" Yet another real world scientist who doesn't buy your bullshit.
You accept that QM is real science, but you would reject the claim that Aquinus invented it. If you think no one has ever made such a stupid claim, you'd be wrong.
I don't care what you are getting your inspiration from, it remains a claim until you act on it. You don't simply depict something and have it magically happen.
Otherwise we all get to make up our own realities because we can make sound waves. People get inspiration from religion too, but that does not make them patent holders on anything.