Remember the scene from Woody Allen’s 1973 movie Sleeper when the main character wakes up from hibernation 200 years into the future? He asks for wheat germ for breakfast, making a doctor incredulous. Back in the 20th century, the physician recalls to a colleague, deep fat, steak, cream pies, and hot fudge “were thought to be unhealthy, precisely the opposite of what we now know to be true.”
Hard to believe, yes, but how nice if it was accurate. A new academic paper from a trio of well-respected academicians may elicit a similar response.
