Positrons

[Tim Daugard]

> use without really knowing what they meant...My favorite such gaff is
Commader
> Data, with his 'positronic' brain, ha!   As you all know a positron is a
> anti-electron, hence without some kind of magnetic bottling or so he would

Blame that on Isaac Asimov. He created the positronic brain for his robot
stories, Star Trek just stole the idea, like they do for most of their good
SF ideas.


Tim Daugard