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What the difference between a robot and a cyborg

Answer: A robot is all artificial and a cyborg is part human.

Which premise would best fit in a work of dystopian fiction

Can an artificial intelligence that has taken over the world every be stopped?

What moral question does the presence of robots and cyborgs in science fiction most often inspire

what is the difference between humans and machines?

What task could Hisashige Tanaka's robots perform

Serve Tea : Apex

How does the setting in Harrison Bergeron affect george

george tires more easily than others because of his neck weights

Which technology was originally predicted by a science fiction writer

There are lots of such technologies. Here are two examples:
* Something very similar to cell phones appears in Star Trek. I am not sure which writer thought about that, though.
* Robert Heinlein invented a water bed, but never patented it.

Why does Postman compare watching TV to a game of peek-a-boo

Because each is entertainiAPEXA

How does the narrator and exhalation most clearly change from the beginning to the end of the story

at the story’s beginning , he is a methodical thinker , but by the end , he becomes more introspective

What is the subject matter of the story Exhalation

brain dissection

Why had no other anatomist tried a brain dissection before the narrator's attempt


Because brain dissection meant certain death for the specimen

Which story element most clearly categorizes Exhalation as a work of science fiction


Its mechanical characters

What idea is the narrator in Exhalation most clearly promoting to the reader

The importance of seeing beauty in mere existence.

What is one main idea in ted chiangs exhalation

The power of the scientific method.

What event in Exhalation hints to the narrator that devastating world changes are coming

Town criers no longer finish their stories within one hour.

Which science fiction premise is the best example of irony

The desire to keep people secure leads to a future in which the military controls everything.

In "exhalation", what is the narrator initial belief about memroy

Memories are stored as a series of gear rotations and switches. a-p-e-x

In "The Pedestrian", what idea mostly clearly indicates that mead is an unusual person in his society

his choice of walking for enjoyment

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he dont have a TV

Which story element is most often found in dystopian fiction

Government oppression is the other answer

which statement best describes people in harrison bergeron

People are equals due to the enforcement of handicaps

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