• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    16 days ago

    But again, it’s plot contrivance space magic.

    That’s what the people at r/DaystromInstitute will never accept. And that’s the entertaining part.

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      16 days ago

      And that’s the entertaining part.

      Correct. The entertainment comes after you’ve suspended your disbelief, ie literally avoided critically thinking of something — on purpose, because then you can enjoy the fiction more.

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        16 days ago

        I agree there, but I meant the entertaining part was watching the r/DaystromInstitute folks and those like them seek desperately for a scientific explanation.