• AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Case in point, the needler from Halo. The in universe lore is that they are basically magic crystals and even the covenant don’t know how it works.

    Hard sci-fi can be great, and Halo often goes a long way to explain things, but it knows when to just say “it’s magic, fuck off”

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      1 year ago

      So, like bicycles? Afaik we don’t exactly understand why they stay upright.