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True, but also how outlandish certain ideas were about peeling your house clean and replacing meals with pills...

> how outlandish certain ideas were about peeling your house clean

Not that outlandish. My shower glass is covered in high tech hydrophobic substance which keeps it clean, but I have to replace it every couple of years. My kid's high chair is covered in easily washable rubber surface that I can literally peel off after a meal, rinse, and replace.

So overall, practical idea that is partially applied.

Hell, my house has vinyl siding. No repainting every 5-10 years and you can pressure wash it in an hour or two. Close enough!

Huel?

That's a funny one since Huel and Soylent kinda came about because of the 1920s meme idea that pills would replace meals in the future. A lot of these might just be self fulfilling prophecies.

That's generally how things work. Sci-fi and stuff influences the thoughts of others to help make the ideas turn into creations. I think they even made a documentary about all the Star Trek props that became a reality, but I don't remember.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/16/world/gallery/science-fiction...