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What is the Positronic brain coined by Asimov?
What exactly is the Positronic brain coined by Asimov?
I encountered this term several times without having a clear understand of what it means and what "positronic" mainly means.
Can you clarify it, please? :)
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The use of 'Darth' as Vader's name, not title, in Star Wars
I watched Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope for the first time in a while a few days ago (the first step in taking my Daughter through the Machete Order). One thing that stood out was the pre-duel smack talk between Vader and Obi-Wan:
Vader: When I…
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Was Gollum always a hobbit?
Gollum first appears in The Hobbit, as a pitiful creature from whom Bilbo 'steals' the ring. From what I remember, there is no mention of his hobbithood. He's just a unique creature Bilbo finds.
Later in The Lord of the Rings (at least the movies;…
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Why does Tony Stark not like being handed things?
I have been revisiting old MCU movies and realised that on several occasions Tony refuses to accept things that people are handing to him.
While purchasing strawberries for Pepper he paid with his watch and asked the man to put them in the car…
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Why did R2-D2 not fly in Return of the Jedi?
In Return of the Jedi:
Artoo butts the golden droid over the edge and steps off himself, tumbling toward the sand.
But in Attack of the Clones:
ARTOO uses his rocket jets to fly up and into the factory.
Why didn't R2-D2 use his jets in RotJ…
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Was there a Biggs Darklighter scene on Tatooine in "A New Hope"?
I was recently watching Star Wars: A New Hope on DVD with my grandson. Biggs Darklighter spoke to Luke in the hangar bay and I was asked "Who is he, grandpa?"
I explained he's the one who was with the girl in the cafeteria on Tatooine, they were…
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Why does Sauron not permit his followers to use his name?
From The Two Towers, chapter 1, "The Departure of Boromir":
Upon their shields [the orcs] bore a strange device: a small white hand in the centre of a black field; on the front of their iron helms was set an S-rune, wrought of some white metal.
'I…
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Why do Klingons use cloaking devices?
Inspired by Why don't Starfleet ships use cloaking devices?
I thought a better question is, why do Klingon ships use cloaking devices?
It seems we're always told about Klingon honour and their love of the battle. To die in battle is the ultimate…
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Why did other houses not demand this?
In the Game of Thrones Season 8 finale Sansa
demands the freedom of the North. North will be an independent kingdom.
Why did other houses remain silent. They could also demand the same for their own kingdom.
I could guess they are not very…
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If being "unseated" by a bludger is a common occurrence, why did everyone freak out about Harry falling off of his broom?
On several occasions in the early Harry Potter books we're told that the purpose of a Bludger is to unseat riders from their brooms.
The Bludgers rocket around trying to knock riders off their brooms
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's…
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What story does C.S. Lewis acknowledge in the preface to "The Great Divorce"?
This isn't a typical story-identification question, since it's not a story I've read myself. As such, I unfortunately can't offer any more details or more clarification beyond what's already in this question.
In C.S. Lewis's The Great Divorce,…
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Why didn't the Rebel Alliance (or the Empire) build YT-1300 light freighters with the same specs as the Millennium Falcon for space combat?
The films clearly demonstrated the Millennium Falcon can take on multiple TIE fighters in a dog fight and emerge victorious. Plus the Falcon can survive direct hits from Imperial Star Destroyer guns, showing its worth as an assault craft.
Given how…
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Has Galactus ever been depicted as anything other than a humanoid?
Galactus, the Devourer of worlds, is depicted as a humanoid in the comics and according to Wikipedia:
His true form cannot be perceived by most beings; each species sees Galactus in a form they can comprehend, similar to their race or a deity of…
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Why do starships 'fall' when they blow up?
From A New Hope to Revenge of the Sith to The Last Jedi, we see starships blown up in battles in space. The larger ships, like Star Destroyers and Dreadnoghts, don't just blow up, however. They partially explode and fall. Larger structures, like the…
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Is the Iron Throne in the show faithful to the books?
Inspired by "Is Needle’s portrayal in Game of Thrones faithful to the books?" and more recently "Are the swords shown in Game of Thrones faithful to those in A Song of Ice and Fire?" comes the question:
Is the Iron Throne as depicted in Game of…
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