Multiple choice

Which of the following real life inventions was not inspired by science fiction?

  1. Submarine

  2. TASER

  3. Nuclear reactors

  4. Cell phone
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C Correct answer
Explanation

While submarines (inspired by Jules Verne), TASERs (inspired by Tom Swift's electric rifle), and cell phones (inspired by Star Trek) have direct links to science fiction, nuclear reactors were developed primarily through theoretical physics and military research during the Manhattan Project. Although science fiction writers like H.G. Wells envisioned atomic energy, the actual engineering of nuclear reactors was not directly inspired by a sci-fi work in the same manner.

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