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b'Don\\u2019t believe everything you see on TV or the movies. Science fiction is just a guide to how our future might unfold. It can be misleading, as anyone who yearns for a flying car can tell you. And yet, sometimes fantasy becomes fact. Think of the prototype cellphones in Star Trek.\\nWe take a look at science that seems inspired by filmic sci-fi, for example scientists manipulating memory as in Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. And despite his famous film meltdown, Charleton Heston hasn\\u2019t stopped the Soylent company from producing what it calls the food of the future.\\nPlus, why eco-disaster films have the science wrong, but not in the way you might think. And, what if our brains are simply wired to accept film as fact?\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nSteve Ramirez -Neuroscientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\\n\\n\\nRob Rhinehart \\u2013 CEO and founder of Soylent\\n\\n\\n Jason Mark \\u2013 Editor of Earth Island Journal\\n\\n\\n\\nJeffrey Zacks \\u2013 Cognitive Neuroscientist, Washington University, St. Louis, and author of Flicker: Your Brain on Movies\\n\\n\\n\\nFirst released December 22, 2014.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'