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Edit: Me too... so? No. The point argued is that both are simulations :) Edit: The contested question is if these pieces of information provided by the system supports or hinder the simulation. And that entirely depends on the quality of those kernels of information and the context of what is...

This is exactly what the relativity theory settled. Ever heard about the Mickelson-Morley experiment? That was a local experiment. Tell this to an artilerist. Tell this to a washing machine. (Edit: The last one might actually be true if we assume Mach's principle, and that as such these are...

I think you misread @AlViking . The constant of the light speed is as measured relative to any observer. AlViking pointed out what makes it a constant, and what this constant means.

Cough aether Cough coriolis Cough centripetal Is it just me, or is it dusty in here?

I much rather have the GM narrate an outcome that make sense to me from the top of their head, than one that make no sense, but they can show me exactly what tables they used to roll up their nonsense.

Not 4 years from your point of view ;)

Former math teacher here. No. Math is highly applicable to crafts of various sorts. I would have been really happy of a student consistently managed to get the right answer, even if they were completely unable to show their working. I would be even more happy if they were able to show their...

Ok, I think I now see the context and the misunderstanding. Again I am not among those that insist on having the power you describe, but I think I can understand where those that might seem like that might be coming from. So let me give you another example I think might be relevant. I am...

Ok, I guess I misunderstood how "bloody insistent" you were refering to in your question. In that case I cannot answer as I am not one of those that are that bloody insistent. As a player I routinely declare actions and appearance of my character within the world. Is the critical difference you...

Well, it has turned out to be a bit hard to reassure when we have not been able to communicate properly.. You got it! It was intended as a caricature! However, on a more serious note this is what blanket requiering consultation would actually look like. Which mean that I assume you would...

Now you are backing up to just talking about having power? Possibly. There is at the very least a nasty default bias at play here. I think it is more constructive looking at the basis for making decissions on when it is advicable to consult, rather than proposing it to be required.

I absolutely want to have a fire extinguisher in my house. I absolutely hope to never have to use it. In that case I think your analogies has outlived their usefulness. They are no longer communicative, as we clearly do not understand each other with regard to these.

Absolutely! It is not meant be reassuring. It was meant to aid communication. The challenge with there being a single point of failure that might make poor decissions is there independently of the will to exercise the power is there. And for someone wanting to not rely on a single person this...

My bolding. Ah! There we have another one! I might want absolute power as a GM, but that doesn't mean I am very keen on exerting that power. There is a crucial difference between having and exerting. But that is secondary. The players do have subsidiary authority - over their players...

I think a problem here is that you keep giving a description of "absolute power" that indeed matches our understanding of the concept, as here. In such a context it is hard to change terms away from it without miscommunication. It would indirectly imply that I agree there is something in what...

I guess you made a mistake in saying "everything looks normal" instead of "everything nearby, moving along with you looks normal". The galaxies you swish past certainly would not look "normal", and if you check out the cosmic microwave background you might find a very peculiar directionality.

Are we doing science, or a craft?

I think what I am missing is a way to differentiate between the subtext being: "Cool idea! I really want to flesh this out properly!", or "Uh, I got a bad feeling little good will come out of pursuing this path, could we try so something else?" For hyperspace physics, dragon flight aerodynamics...

Is the idea that these are subtly trying to hint that this is not prepared, while still giving the players an opening to pursue it if they so want. That is, a valid and prefered response to these GM sentences are "never mind, we'll try something else"? In that case guess that could work...

I think this talk about these things that shouldn't be investigated to deeply opens up another interesting question: How to flag things that could be investigated deeply? A common problem GMs of a certain type of game complain about is how the players are not engaging with the setting. They...