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by AdmiralAsshat 1 hour ago
Half of Star Trek would basically be "magic" by that rubric. I think she reasoned through a problem and conceived of a solution, even if she didn't have the implementation details figured out.
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simmerup 1 hour ago
That’s not hard sci-fi though. Something like Stephen Baxter’s work is hard sci-fi, the ansible was just a plot device
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ThrowawayR2 1 hour ago
Star Trek was never described as hard science fiction.
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