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by RandomOpinion 2934 days ago
> Didn't Star Trek essentially pioneer the concept of technobabble?

Hell, no. Technobabble has been a staple of science fiction all the way back to its origins.

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OK, perhaps "popularize" or "serve as a very prominent example" might've been a better choice of words.

The point remains: Star Trek's science is frequently either nonsensical or laughably bad. Hard sci-fi it's not.