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As you may be aware, Star Trek is a work of fiction.
by tobinfricke 12y ago
As you may be aware, Star Trek is a work of fiction.
- mikeash 12y agoAnd beyond that, a work of fiction that focuses on storytelling first, and science... well, not second, but maybe twenty-ninth or so. Which is not a criticism. Not all science fiction has to be hard. But none of the technology is a product of scientists sitting down and thinking about how the technology of the future might work. It's a product of writers thinking about what technology would make for good stories, and any explanation you come up with (e.g. impulse drives are reaction drives with warp fields that let them have an exhaust velocity higher than the speed of light) is a retrofit made up to appease fans and sell more books.