fandomhigh | Discovery & Invention, Period 5, 12 Mar '08

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Discovery & Invention, Period 5, 12 Mar '08

Mohinder was standing at the front of the classroom, conducting a discreet headcount as everyone arrived.

After a few moments he began, "Science - and scientists - cannot exist in the world alone. We are surrounded by a mesh of ideas and culture that shape scientific thought as much as any great discovery." Mohinder gave a shrug. "All too often science is distorted in fiction, whether by a twisting or complete fabrication of the facts, a demonisation of the scientists involved or changes to the procedures involved."

A pause and a grin. "You learn to live with it. Or you never watch a film again."

Mohinder turned to the class. "What are the worst fictional examples of science have you seen? Would you change things for scientific accuracy, and if so, how?"

OCD ~~waiting~~ is up!

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If you're here.

Cindy Mackenzie

Edward Elric

Naomi Wildman

Sokka

Rodney McKay

Peter Parker

Hermione Granger

Pam Beesly

'cause if you're not here you can't talk or listen.

Talk about the bad, bad science, argue and meta your shows.

Sokka raised a hand. "Uh. That's not really a fair question, is it? I mean, this is FANDOM. I bet that for every bit of really bad science you can think of, there's someone here whose world actually WORKS like that."

"Perhaps. Although even anyone in Fandom must come from somewhere with similarities; they can survive in this gravity, breathe the same air - those who need to." Mohinder added.

"Looking at things at an angle," he said, curiously. "Are there differences between how science works in your world and this?"

Sokka thought about it. "Well, where I'm from there are people who can bend the elements with their chi. People from here can't do that. ...But they don't LOSE the ability when they come here, either. Fandom's weird like that."

"So it's an ability inherent to the person but not their location." Mohinder wasn't making notes, but he was thinking them. "Or is it just an effect of 'Fandom weirdness' with the ability is limited to the island and not the more mundane outside world?"

"Well, no, it's inherent to the person, I assume? But, just nobody from this world has it."

"Is it something that's common on your world?"

Sokka nodded. "Yup. I mean, not VERY, but it's pretty common. And it's genetic, too. ...I don't have it."

"Interesting. And otherwise your world is similiar to this one?" Mohinder tilted his head, questioningly. "Were you expecting to?"

He's still here.

Whee, handwavy Heroes technobabble.

...I'm so terribly amused that Mohinder is teaching a class about bad fictional science.

Heh. Yes, I expect the rain of ironmongery any minute now.

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