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Greetings Kind Regards I am looking for a proper site to vent my irksomeness re/ illogic in the Science Fiction Series I follow i.e. to wit in particular most recently "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" "The Orville". I found none via web search other than possibly a discussion in Quora but I am not welcome there. I can post on my blogspot page but I am lucky to have a visitor per month and I would like to see some discussion. I await your kind replies. - Cheerio
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That's kinda riding the edge of "spam":
PaltryProgrammer wrote: I can post on my blogspot page but I am lucky to have a visitor per month and I would like to see some discussion.
And including your blog in the sig with that does smell rather of pink meat. I haven't reported you in S&A, but I'd think fairly carefully if I was you - the more trigger happy amongst us may not be so lenient ... 
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Mine is not the first w/ a link to a personal site in the signature. - Cheerio
modified 2-Aug-22 8:43am.
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Reddit has subreddits for both of those.
Also, it's just a series for entertainment, it's not always going to be accurate and logical 
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Plus, the tech is supposed to be way ahead of ours - and as Clarke said "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic".
Which means that it can follow rules that aren't apparent to us since we don't understand how it works.
A bit like "writing your own code" in QA is indistinguishable from magic ... 
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One of my irks is Clarke's quote is violated.
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I do not find it entertaining if it is not logical i.e. to wit in particular not even following their own logic.
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"The Vulcan Science Directorate has determined that time travel is not possible." -- T'Pol
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It seems to me it is not illogical to portray scientists as occasionally being wrong even Vulkan.
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PaltryProgrammer wrote: I do not find it entertaining if it is not logical
That's where the "fiction" part of "science-fiction" comes in. If it was all hard science, it wouldn't be very entertaining at all.
And that's the fun of it. It's called willful suspense of disbelief.
Because I was an X-Files fan in the 90s some people thought I was into UFOs and conspiracy theories. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Now, granted, there is material out there that has such huge plot holes it undermines the entire premise. And yes, anything "Star Trek reboot" falls in that category IMO.
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Greetings Kind Regards May I say by "logic" I refer to "plot holes" not "non-fiction". Of course science fiction utilizes fictional science. May I add on the subject UFO I consider the matter solved and closed. Re/ former perhaps an example would be helpful. I am always irked the hand held lights utilized by our intrepid explorers as they travers darkened passages are no more illuminating then a cheap flash light one can purchase at the corner hardware store. A few hundred years hence such should fill the room as if by a MW floodlight. - Cheerio
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I have been a science Fiction fan since I was 8 years old and read I Robot by Isaac Asimov. (I'm 73 now)
I felt the same way as you do, when I watched the Will Smith "I Robot Movie".
On the other hand, "Blade Runner" and "Men In Black" were wonderful movies.
I don't watch any SF shows on TV as they are all disappointing.
I have read every SF book I could get my hands on,
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Greetings Kind Regards "Blade Runner" is one of my all time favorite films. Here is a little story re/ same.
I quite enjoyed the soundtrack so I went to a music store in downtown Chicago to purchase same. I did so and the LP was placed in the store's brightly colored and identified bag. I then walked a few blocks down Wabash and entered an art supply store to look over their pens w/ said bag in hand. As I approached the counter displaying the pens the attractive young lady behind the counter exclaimed to me "Is that the new Vangelis album?" I did not know what a "Vangelis" was and merely muttered something brief in reply I do not recall what. I looked over the pens for a minute or two then walked away. Upon arriving home I examined the album notes and learned what a "Vangelis" is. I have no explanation for this other than women know things. - Best Cheerio
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They have been hacked.
You're welcome.
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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They may have an axe to grind with you.
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I can't remember when they died. Was it '40 or '41?
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Old news: so old the letter it original came in was closed with a wax seal ...
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Welcome to the USA.
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This court case is going to be biblical!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Article was written May 25, 2019
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