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Old 07-09-2019, 06:00 AM   #6
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Default Re: Physics. (Very LAST thread). I promise

One fallacy: they have tech that utilizes certain physics, therefore they know everything there is to know about X. In the real world, we were using electricity believing the charges flowed from positive to negative before we realized we got it backwards. Starkiller base and dark matter/dark energy may be the same way. (Even the Prequel-era Jedi, with their belief that midichlorians are responsible for the Force, could be wrong, as injecting the parasites into someone has never resulted in inducing Sensitivity.)

Also, SW has a definite miniaturization problem; the problem is they don't have it! The First Order needed a planet to capture enough dark matter/energy to use; there's nothing indicating the New Republic/Resistance had that tech or even fully understood the science behind it. Granted, though, miniaturization is an engineering issue, not a physicist's thing.


Scientists studying the Force by observing and quantifying its effects are probably fed up with Jedi mysticism. The scientists are looking for a scientific explanation and all they get from Jedi are "will of the Force". Hardly a scientific viewpoint which can be studied and replicated under laboratory conditions. Looking for those theoretical particles - let's call them "psions" for now - mentally controlled by the Jedi and Sith but which elude detection by scientific sensors could be a lifelong obsession.

And as johndallman says, take a lot of the technical stuff in companion volumes with a grain of salt. SW is less consistent with tech and science than Trek. Run with it!



TL;DR: Basically, don't assume "They have tech which uses X, so all factions know everything there is to know about X."
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