Knowing more about the physical universe opens up more options and greater capabilities for people, and for characters in cinema and fiction.
Below are some videos from Carleton University featuring learning facilities and people talking about gaining knowledge of the physical universe.
Batman (in some versions - for example the 1989 Batman movie directed by Tim Burton) is an example of a character who uses scientific knowledge to develop much more advanced capabilities than most people. Of course many characters do not have to have the financial backing to do this on such a grand scale as Batman.
Nikola Tesla wrote in 1900 that an automaton might one day appear to think
for itself — the surprise is not that he predicted modern AI perfectly, but
that he understood how quickly a machine that responds, adapts, and acts
could begin to disturb the boundary between mechanism and mind
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In June 1900, Nikola Tesla published an essay in The Century Magazine
titled “The Problem of Increasing Human Energy.” Most of it was about
electricity g...
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