Inventor que cria uma máquina que agarra o homem do futuro

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Inventor que cria uma máquina que agarra o homem do futuro

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Discutindo a pergunta "Você se considera superior às pessoas nos velhos tempos?," cartaz Matthew aqui está procurando o título e o autor de uma história curta de uma antologia de ficção científica com esta trama:

A man invents a machine that can grab a man from the future and bring him back to the present. He uses the machine, and it works!

He speaks with the man, and sure enough, the society he comes from is far more advanced. We didn't destroy ourselves or go back to the Stone Age. All right! So far so good.

He asks how far Medicine has progressed. "Well, we've cured all disease" the man from the future explained. "When someone is ill, we just hold this little shiny cube up to them, and it heals them!"

"Tell me about this device. How is it made? What principles does it make use of?"

"I don't know. That's something only specialists understand. I just know that it's shiny, a bit warm, and 3x3x3 inches.

And the conversation goes on like this, in other areas of science and technology: computers, communication, food production, warfare, etc.

Ele também pensa

It was in one of those anthologies.

100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories
50 Short Science Fiction Tales
Golden Age Science Fiction Vol 1-5
etc.

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por Geremia 04.03.2019 / 00:26

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Existe uma benção funerária em Vulcano? Não há chão em nenhum recipiente em toda a minha casa?

score 20 · Answer 1

Assumindo que "Matthew" não se lembrava de nenhum detalhe real da história e apenas inventava a parte sobre o cubo de cura preto brilhante, parece muito "Um boletim dos curadores do Instituto de Pesquisa Avançada de Marmouth, Massachusetts."uma breve história de Wilma Shore, publicado originalmente em A Revista de Fantasia e Ficção Científica, August 1964, disponível no Internet Archive.

Eles pegaram um homem da 2061 e têm um curto período de tempo para entrevistá-lo antes de enviá-lo de volta:

Q. You're located in the city? Suburbs? How do you get to work?
A. I catch the East express. I only have one change. It's about a nineteen-minute ride.
Q. On what?
A. The East express.
Q. I mean, does it go through the air?
A. How'd you think it went? On the ground?
Q. Well, but, is it a plane? A jet? You still have jet planes?
A. Only for locals. I take the express.
Q. And what is that?
A. I told you. The East express. Leaves seven thirty-nine, seven fifty-two, and eight sixteen. Then not till nine forty-eight. Seems crazy, bring a man back all these years and then not listen when he tells you.
Q. Well, you've given me so much interesting detail. Hard to take it all in. About the construction of this—express?
A. The seats are too close together. Your legs—
Q. And the overall shape of the thing?
A. How do you mean?
Q. How is it shaped? How would you describe it?
Q. Well, as a general rule, I just see the back end. I get in the left rear door; then when I go to change I'm right there at the local.
Q. What keeps it up?
A. Why, the machinery.
Q. It burns fuel?
A. Well, of course it does.
Q. You're being very helpful, Mr. Wencelman. Now, suppose you tell me what kind of fuel?
A. They keep saying they're going to invent something without fuel, but I'll believe it when I see it. And in the meantime, every year they raise the fare. Someone's cleaning up.
Q. A nuclear fuel, Mr. Welcelman? Can you tell me that?
A. I can tell you anything you want to know, just so you phrase your questions—so you phrase your questions, see what I mean? So I can understand them.
Q. Well, then, is this fuel a nuclear fuel?
A. Now, you know, I haven't been into all this since high school. If I had a little notice, instead of grabbing me in the middle of the night—

score 17 · Answer 2

Há uma história surpreendentemente parecida, chamada "Homem renascentista"de TED Klein. Ele também não tem o cubo.

Neste, um professor de "biofísica do plasma" é trazido de volta ao passado por uma equipe científica. Mas ele não pode explicar como o câncer é curado (embora seja)

"That's a toughie, I'm afraid...You see, I've never had cancer myself..."

ou como seus telefones montados na orelha funcionam

"Gee...I'm sure I don't know..."

ou suas armas

"You got me. I'm afraid I'm stumped."

Termina com um dos cientistas dizendo: "Acho que, mesmo durante o Renascimento, não havia muitos homens renascentistas".