One of our more popular recurrent topics is science fiction clich\u00e9s. During one of our chats, member ECharles delivered himself of a few lines that cried out to be preserved for posterity.<\/p>\n
Clich\u00e9: That aliens can communicate to us through math or music
\nFact: Aliens will communicate with us with wry greeting cards.<\/p>\n
Clich\u00e9: Scientist toils alone in garage to perfect FTL Spacecraft.
\nFact: Scientist toils alone in garage to perfect edible white-out<\/p>\n
Clich\u00e9: Arriving aliens repressing Intergalactic Federation of Peaceful Worlds.
\nFact: Aliens represent InterGalactic Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol.<\/p>\n
Clich\u00e9: Alien telepaths invade our minds to turn us against each other.
\nFact: Alien telepaths invade our minds to get our ATM PIN numbers.<\/p>\n
Clich\u00e9: Alien spacecraft operate under as-yet undiscovered physical laws.
\nFact: Alien spacecraft are manipulated using barely visible nylon fishing line.<\/p>\n
Clich\u00e9: Crop circles are an indication that aliens have arrived on Earth.
\nFact: Crop circles are the work of alien juvenile delinquents who are “tagging” Earth.<\/p>\n
Clich\u00e9: Teleportation will allow us to quickly and easily travel anywhere on the planet.
\nFact: Teleportation will allow us to quickly and easily extract ourselves from tight-fitting clothing.<\/p>\n
Clich\u00e9: First contact occurs when the SETI project picks up an alien response to TV signals broadcast in the early 1950’s.
\nFact: First contact occurs when CBS begins receiving letters from aliens upset over the cancellation of “Leave it to Beaver.”<\/p>\n
Clich\u00e9: Confronted by an overwhelming alien invasion, humanity prevails through a combination of guts, luck and a knack for finding flaws in seemingly impervious alien defenses.
\nFact: Confronted by an overwhelming alien invasion, humanity lasts about as long as spit in a skillet.<\/p>\n
Clich\u00e9: Human cloning results in a basic change in morality, as individuals are no longer unique.
\nFact: Human cloning results in a basic change in grammar, as individuals begin to speak exclusively in the third-person.<\/p>\n
Clich\u00e9: Invading aliens unerringly identify and destroy the White House, the Kremlin, the Eiffel Tower and Big Ben.
\nFact: Invading aliens unerringly identify and destroy the Corn Palace in Mitchell, North Dakota, Chernobyl, the Pompidou Center and every Waffle House restaurant in North America.<\/p>\n
Clich\u00e9: Upon hearing the music of Bach and Mozart, aliens begin to treat humans as equals.
\nFact: Upon viewing the Jerry Springer Show, aliens immediately withdraw from Earth and erect huge warning signs just outside the orbit of Pluto.<\/p>\n
Clich\u00e9: Advanced technology will allow artists to express their creativity in ways that we can barely comprehend.
\nFact: Advanced technology will allow episodes of Gilligan’s Island to be refreshed by replacing the original cast with computerized simulacra of the cast of Friends.<\/p>\n
Clich\u00e9: Using a bit of genetic material found in the stomach of a mosquito that was trapped in amber, scientists bring dinosaurs back from extinction.
\nFact: Using a bit of genetic material found in the stomach of a mosquito that was trapped in amber, scientists bring prehistoric mosquitoes back from extinction.<\/p>\n
Clich\u00e9: “Soylent Green is people!”
\nFact: Soylent Green is people (42%), kelp (15%), plankton (6%), water, food acid (325), salt, soya protein isolate, modified tapioca starch, potato starch, spices, mineral salts (450, 451) glucose, sodium nitrite (250), antioxidant (316), spice extracts, FD&C Green No. 3. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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