Sci-fi tropes (warp drive, teleportation, time travel) are not yet achieved; replicator/holodeck close

Sci-fi tropes (warp drive, teleportation, time travel) are not yet achieved; replicator/holodeck close | I keep a mental bingo card of which sci-fi tropes have we not yet achieved in some fashion. We don't have warp drive. Waiting for that one... we don't have teleportation. Star Trek replicators. Time travel may or may not be physically possible. Replicator is close. Holiday is close. We're very close to something.

I keep a mental bingo card of which sci-fi tropes have we not yet achieved in some fashion. We don't have warp drive. Waiting for that one... we don't have teleportation. Star Trek replicators. Time travel may or may not be physically possible. Replicator is close. Holiday is close. We're very close to something.

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