From: droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com   
      
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   "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)"  wrote:   
      
   > 	And in an uncountably infinite set of universes, you can have any set   
   > of new physics you like. Generally one doesn't waste time explaining   
   > them, because that's not the point of a story. If the point of the story   
   > was "explain how X happens" then yes. But otherwise, no.   
      
   Unless you intend a story to be rubbish, the rules must *still* make   
   sense to the reader, regardless of the detail you go into.  You can   
   get away with *some* elements that are impossible (in this universe)   
   but you *cannot* get away with building a universe that is full of   
   massive inconsistencies.  So, no, infinities or not, you don’t get to   
   just make up anything you like.   
      
   > > Or look at the new Kong movie I see being advertised.  The trailers show   
   > > a *very* energetic large creature that is living on an isolated island.   
   > > That sort of ecosystem *alone* is simply not believable to anyone with   
   > > half a brain living in this universe.   
   >   
   > 	Or someone who just wants to see a giant monster movie and realizes   
   > that the answer is "Rule of Cool is trumping Rule of Physics. Or perhaps   
   > in that universe, Rule of Cool is PART of Physics. Like Pacific Rim."   
      
   Fine, if you don’t mind the story being terrible as a result of those   
   poor choices.  But they didn’t *have* to skimp on the story to make   
   things “Cool”.  That’s the real sin.   
      
   > The details   
   > are not any more scientific, merely consistent within their universe --   
   > and for a fictional universe, internal consistency is what matters, not   
   > consistency with the universe the writer happens to live in.   
      
   And yet so few stories actually seem to be written that way.   
      
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   "Also . . . I can kill you with my brain."   
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