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Re: Force Field - (nf) [message #65267] Sat, 18 May 2013 21:15
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Date: Sun, 15-Apr-84 22:54:00 EST
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uiucdcs!mcewan    Apr 15 21:54:00 1984

	
	My impression is that the previous writer (Allan Pratt?) implied the 
	reason the force field must be "projected" was some law of physics, 
	not the particular technology.  Surely we must assume that physical 
	laws are the same everywhere and everywhen (at least in our universe...),
	otherwise this whole discussion is pointless.  So if Kirk et al can
	do it, the Empire can as well.
	
I don't know how to tell you this, but I think you should know that Luke
Skywalker, Han Solo, Captain Kirk, the Enterprise, the Death Star, etc.
DON'T ACTUALLY EXIST! They are all imaginary. All of the episodes of Star
Trek, including the movies, and all three Star Wars movies are FICTION!
Moreover, they are SCIENCE FICTION, which means that the writers included
in the stories technology that depends on physical laws that have not yet
been discovered. Since these "laws" were only postulated by writers who
had no way of testing whether they were actual laws of the universe, it
is possible (almost certain, in fact) that some of them are not really
laws of our universe. However, in order to enjoy the movies, we (or at
least I) like to pretend that there is a universe in which the story takes
place that has these physical laws. Also, please note the since Star Trek
and Star Wars were created by different people, they take place in different
universes with different laws (this is why the Enterprise didn't help
destroy the Death Star, as you may have noticed.)

I hope that this explanation was not too technical for you to understand.
If you have any more questions, find a 12 year old science fiction fan
and have him explain it to you.

			Scott McEwan
			pur-ee!uiucdcs!mcewan

	"Hitler was an idealist.""
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