I guess part of what I am saying is that when I was younger I gained value from scifi with a wide range of 'hardness' without knowing the physics, and even now, that I've come to understand the physics, I still find…
There was a time when Star Trek's mobile computers would be considered as negatively affecting its "hardness score", ala "these handheld devices are ridiculous! computers are the size of shipping containers" So does…
> getting so many of the technical details exactly right I'm with you. It bothers me when people are given sci fi on the hard spectrum but then debate 'how hard it really is' for the purpose of defining then diminishing…
I guess part of what I am saying is that when I was younger I gained value from scifi with a wide range of 'hardness' without knowing the physics, and even now, that I've come to understand the physics, I still find…
There was a time when Star Trek's mobile computers would be considered as negatively affecting its "hardness score", ala "these handheld devices are ridiculous! computers are the size of shipping containers" So does…
> getting so many of the technical details exactly right I'm with you. It bothers me when people are given sci fi on the hard spectrum but then debate 'how hard it really is' for the purpose of defining then diminishing…