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- 1Star Trek's predictions hold up better than expected▼Star Trek was often wrong about the mechanism — and surprisingly right about the experience. Smartphones resemble commun
Commenters are revisiting Star Trek's track record as a predictor of modern technology. The argument being made: the show often guessed wrong on how gadgets would work, but captured the experience well — smartphones echo communicators and PADDs, AI is edging toward the ship's computer, and real-time translation is approaching reality. Warp drive and transporters, by contrast, remain firmly in the realm of speculation.