I forgive it much less now than in the past. Everyone has a direct portal to the sum total knowledge of humanity in their pocket and the internet is full of kno

I forgive it much less now than in the past. Everyone has a direct portal to the sum total knowledge of humanity in their pocket and the internet is full of knowledgeable communities who can answer questions. Not leveraging this as a writer is lazy and arrogant. There is a definite sliding scale. Make your Sci-Fi too hard and you just have science and no fiction. But its not that hard to stick to the "One Big Lie" rule. If the expanse and the Martian can do it then so can everyone else.