When Fantasy Novels Break The Laws Of Physics

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When Fantasy Novels Break The Laws Of Physics

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That internal screaming moment when you're enjoying a fantasy novel until someone travels faster than light or watches events unfold in real-time across interstellar distances. Einstein is rolling in his grave! Special relativity sets a cosmic speed limit that even magic shouldn't casually ignore. Nothing makes a physicist lose immersion faster than characters chatting across galaxies without communication delays or spaceships zipping between star systems for weekend getaways. Sure, it's fantasy, but would it kill authors to sprinkle in a tiny bit of relativistic consistency? My suspension of disbelief can handle dragons, but apparently draws the line at breaking fundamental physics.

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