When I think about science fiction turning into reality, the development of Space has been the most profound transition.

Watching the space shuttle challenger explode on live television was a profound experience for a teenager.

Asking the question ‘What are the trees doing?’ may well lead to a variety of profound discoveries.

In the Awakenings movie I found it very interesting that the most profound awakenings in the catatonic patients occurred in 1969, the year that the Aurora Borealis was seen from N.Y. to Louisiana. It seems the patients were getting environmental radiation stimulation in addition to their L-Dopa drug that year. L-Dopa plus radiation therapy may eventually be proven to be a very potent brain stimulant.

Research is an endless loop of failures interspersed with occasional profound discoveries.

Radiation can have profound effects on current and pre-existing injuries.