Science fiction dating
It's fun to see how science fiction influences real-world technology. Sometimes it simply provides a name for a new concept, such as cyberspace , robot , waldo , and the metaverse . Other times it serves as an inspiration that leads to an actual breakthrough, such as talking computers and direct neural interfaces. Either way, it can point to a possible future. Movies and TV So what does science fiction have to say about dating? Here are some shows where dating played a part. Black Mirror . In the episode Hang the DJ , the characters find themselves in a strange world where they're assigned to random relationships, each with an expiration date. Spoiler alert. They're simulated characters in a simulated world, and the simulation runs a thousand times with minor variations to see how often they end up together, thus calculating a compatibility score. As far as dating technology is concerned, this is the gold standard. You know two people are compatible because they were c...