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Do you think that It is funny that dilithium crystals from Star Trek also can be used in real life batteries?

Asked by RedDeerGuy1 (24943points) September 15th, 2022

Like lithium ion batteries? For electric cars and other household batteries?

Or did Gene Roddenberry have info on the future?

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RayaHope's avatar

Star Trek works in mysterious ways:)

Caravanfan's avatar

Well, they do share the word “lithium” for sure.

Rags can correct me if I’m wrong but my understanding is that the power actually came from matter antimatter reaction and the dilithium was used to focus the energy into a usable power source. But it’s all mythology and it’s whatever the writers thought at the time. Anything else is retconning.

Forever_Free's avatar

Chemistry and the names of compounds have been know long before Gene Roddenberry was a glimmer in a test tube.

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