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Originally Posted by Mailanka
If X is true, and X implies Y, then Y should be true too, and if it isn't, they'll want to know why.
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I just wanted to note that this simple passage explains 99% of the problems in science fiction. Most sci-fi stories and games eventually, as an inevitable result of the finite imagination of the author(s), run into this problem, and dealing with it is incredibly difficult - most just ignore it and hope that not too many people notice.
Fantasy also has this problem, but since magic is not generally held to standards of rationality it can usually be handwaved away.