I haven't read the books, but if they're as Dunning-Kruger as the show, I'm glad I haven't. Wow. It's been a long time since I've seen something pretending to be "hard sci-fi" that cares so little about understanding the basics of science. From constantly misusing the word "theory", to multiple scientists failing to grasp the foundations of logic and reason, it's almost as if this is Luddite propaganda. The things said would be laughed out of a sixth-grade classroom, let alone academia. A quick example from episode 2:
"When science says something is impossible, and that something happens, there's only two options: the science is wrong, or it's a scam".
There are so many problems with that single sentence, that I literally yelled at my screen. First of all, the scientific method doesn't allow you to say something is "impossible", as science doesn't make proclamations of truth. It offers tentative explanations for phenomena, based on (in)direct observations. Secondly, "either the science is wrong or it's a scam" is such a ludicrously false dichotomy that any scientist saying something like that would be laughed out of any room. No trained scientist would say anything like this, EVER.
Besides this, the script is tedious, the story isn't as interesting as it's pretending it is, and the acting... lord, the ACTING. It's so bad. SO bad. Everyone's constantly pretending to be on the verge of tears, the jokes are almost as forced as the accents, and nobody seems to understand their characters.
What a waste. What. A. Waste. Hey, writers: if you're gonna write science stuff, CONSULT A SCIENTIST. Or maybe google some word definitions. Unbelievable. And the worst part: it's BORING.
"When science says something is impossible, and that something happens, there's only two options: the science is wrong, or it's a scam".
There are so many problems with that single sentence, that I literally yelled at my screen. First of all, the scientific method doesn't allow you to say something is "impossible", as science doesn't make proclamations of truth. It offers tentative explanations for phenomena, based on (in)direct observations. Secondly, "either the science is wrong or it's a scam" is such a ludicrously false dichotomy that any scientist saying something like that would be laughed out of any room. No trained scientist would say anything like this, EVER.
Besides this, the script is tedious, the story isn't as interesting as it's pretending it is, and the acting... lord, the ACTING. It's so bad. SO bad. Everyone's constantly pretending to be on the verge of tears, the jokes are almost as forced as the accents, and nobody seems to understand their characters.
What a waste. What. A. Waste. Hey, writers: if you're gonna write science stuff, CONSULT A SCIENTIST. Or maybe google some word definitions. Unbelievable. And the worst part: it's BORING.
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