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One of my favorite things in scifi is when later movies/shows have to try to write around old design chocies. (startrek.website)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Case in point, the needler from Halo. The in universe lore is that they are basically magic crystals and even the covenant don't know how it works.

Hard sci-fi can be great, and Halo often goes a long way to explain things, but it knows when to just say "it's magic, fuck off"

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

So, like bicycles? Afaik we don't exactly understand why they stay upright.