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<blockquote data-quote="Wrath of the Swarm" data-source="post: 1487026" data-attributes="member: 16402">Psionics, at worst, probably only requires new physics.&nbsp; I can swallow it for the sake of the story.&nbsp; I can accept superscience that involves new physics, but not when it requires throwing current physics completely out the window.&nbsp; Psionics that can't be reproduced mechanically, disintegration devices - they go against too much of what we know.&nbsp; There are certainly devices that can &quot;look through&quot; walls, but not with visible light.&nbsp; The device you described simply doesn't seem plausible.&nbsp; A very sensitive infrared scanner might have been believable, or even weak x-ray scanners, but not magic X-ray specs.&nbsp; Gravity shielding is even more of a problem, particularly since the Caverite paradox rears its ugly head.&nbsp; Please don't get me started.&nbsp; I've always preferred the stories where I have a good sense of what is and isn't possible - so the differences become meaningful.&nbsp; If anything can happen, nothing that happens particularly matters.&nbsp; If you can just pull out a disintegration device and eliminate most evidence of a car crash (!!!), there's less sense of consequences.At least you haven't tried to insert time travel.&nbsp; If you did that, I would probably go mad.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wrath of the Swarm, post: 1487026, member: 16402"] Psionics, at worst, probably only requires new physics. I can swallow it for the sake of the story. I can accept superscience that involves new physics, but not when it requires throwing current physics completely out the window. Psionics that can't be reproduced mechanically, disintegration devices - they go against too much of what we know. There are certainly devices that can "look through" walls, but not with visible light. The device you described simply doesn't seem plausible. A very sensitive infrared scanner might have been believable, or even weak x-ray scanners, but not magic X-ray specs. Gravity shielding is even more of a problem, particularly since the Caverite paradox rears its ugly head. Please don't get me started. I've always preferred the stories where I have a good sense of what is and isn't possible - so the differences become meaningful. If anything can happen, nothing that happens particularly matters. If you can just pull out a disintegration device and eliminate most evidence of a car crash (!!!), there's less sense of consequences. At least you haven't tried to insert time travel. If you did that, I would probably go mad. [/QUOTE]

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