| Re: Silly Science in Science Fiction
What gets me is the Engineering fallacies - mainly I suspect due to my background in that field.
This is not restricted to SF in its various forms but a couple of examples:
Tonight I saw a bit of I-robot with a suspension bridge where the cables still described a catenary and supported part of the structure.
Using a traffic computer to set all the traffic signals in a city to green. Ok the UTC could issue a command but the individual controllers at each junction would tell the system to get stuffed as it would compromise the inherent safety features - but it looks good...also crash changes to a green wave for the vehicle to pass straight through - ignoring safety minimums. |