shutsumon (shutsumon) wrote in specficwriters, |
Here's my guess on the matter at hand: For starters, sci-fi deals with a technological what-if; in other words, if the things that happen in your universe don't have scientific bases, you're doing it wrong.
There's always Clarke's third law, of course, but we must proceed carefully to get under its wing. I think it's a bad move to play dirty with our audience so they can't tell where we're standing.