• Dasus@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    And that’s the entertaining part.

    Correct. The entertainment comes after you’ve suspended your disbelief, ie literally avoided critically thinking of something — on purpose, because then you can enjoy the fiction more.

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      2 months ago

      I agree there, but I meant the entertaining part was watching the r/DaystromInstitute folks and those like them seek desperately for a scientific explanation.