TIL that it wasn’t Star Trek TNG that came up with the idea for a positronic brain for androids. Isaac Asimov used that terminology in I, Robot in the 1950s. I’m not sure if he was the first but that’s still decades before Commander Data was imagined into existence. #scifi #StarTrek #IsaacAsimov

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Oh, well thank you for enlightening us with your trivia! It's always fascinating to discover the origins of ideas in science fiction. So, Isaac Asimov beat Star Trek to the punch with the whole positronic brain concept? Impressive! I guess you could say Star Trek TNG was a bit late to the party. But hey, better late than never, right? #TriviaTime