Human civilization has caught up with a good chunk of science fiction. We drive around in electric cars, send spaceships beyond our solar system, and use silicon and electricity to help us get laid. Things that seemed like some distant fantasy less than 20 years ago (like, say, reading this article on your phone like some kind of wizards), are now accepted—and easily ignored—parts of our reality.
Professor Brian Cox is one of a few doing a good job of pointing all this out to us.
