Star Trek Discovery makes a huge science error (forbes.com)

The author of this seems to misunderstand what star trek is

"Most movies and TV shows are not meant to perfectly reflect reality as you experience it." https://contribute.imdb.com/updates/guide/goofs

Next, they'll be telling us that the Millenium Falcon couldn't really make the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs.

"horizontal gene transfer in tardigrades something something intergalactic mushroom warp drive" is no less plausible a method of faster than light travel than "dilithium crystals something something antimatter subspace," but the former sounds more entertaining, which, let's face it, is the point of Star Trek.

At least it seems they're willing to take some risks with the franchise, which is initiative prior series seemed to lack.