Am I the only one thinking of white mice and fjords here?

• carriage runs on iron tracks, pulled by locomotive vehicle!
• horseless carriage transports people at over 30 miles an hour!!
• heavier-than-air vehicle flies through air!!!
• houses and even whole streets illuminated by globes powered by "electricity"!!!!
• human voice made audible at a distance over copper wires!!!!!
• ... etc ...

Actually ISTR hearing of a test where they actually told people "we're giving you a placebo" and they still had significantly better-than chance improvements. Dunno if they explained what the word "placebo" meant tho' :-)