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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
The trick is properly specifying those rules to begin with, and the field is littered with examples where that wasn't done. TV and film are particular Bad Examples, where things are included with no thought to the implications, but written SF isn't immune to it.
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Dennis
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Myself I would lean away from explaining anything, as long as the story is good no one really cares about the tech that backs it up. Battlestar Galactica never explained its tech to anyone, it was just there and the protangonists used it every day. The story itself concentrated on the character developments.
In the end its the authors universe and if he wants to break all the rules (which is an oxymoron because it is scifi) then its up to the author.