This question recently got closed because the sci-fi technology being asked about is a real technology, or we assume it is based on the answers and comments given in the question.

Now I cast the final close vote on this question because I agreed with the highest-voted answer - that the reference in the Bible is close enough to being a reference to it being real that it was not actually a science-fiction technology.

However, the asker did not know this at the time of asking, and it is reasonable for them not to know - a quick search on 'poison lipstick' on google does not turn up any real-world poison lipstick.

Someone also brought up the point of Tricorders - handheld devices that offer touch-interaction much like modern cell phones.

It's clear that as technology advances, more science-fiction devices are going to have real world counterparts that people will have questions about - and they will ask those questions here. It's also clear that sometimes what seems like a sci-fi invention can turn out to have a real-world origin.

Should we allow questions that ask about the origin of a science fiction technology if that technology turns out to be real? What restrictions should we place on what technology can reasonably be asked about on this site?

This question recently got closed because the sci-fi technology being asked about is a real technology, or we assume it is based on the answers and comments given in the question.

Now I cast the final close vote on this question because I agreed with the highest-voted answer - that the reference in the Bible is close enough to being a reference to it being real that it was not actually a science-fiction technology.

However, the asker did not know this at the time of asking, and it is reasonable for them not to know - a quick search on 'poison lipstick' on google does not turn up any real-world poison lipstick.

Someone also brought up the point of Tricorders - handheld devices that offer touch-interaction much like modern cell phones.

It's clear that as technology advances, more science-fiction devices are going to have real world counterparts that people will have questions about - and they will ask those questions here. It's also clear that sometimes what seems like a sci-fi invention can turn out to have a real-world origin.

Should we allow questions that ask about the origin of a science fiction technology if that technology turns out to be real? What restrictions should we place on what technology can reasonably be asked about on this site?