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2	'''Basic Trope''': Something that's established scientific fact in the present is dismissed as outdated in a future setting.
3	* '''Straight''': Alice, someone from the [=21st century=], remarks that FasterThanLightTravel shouldn't be possible. Dr. Elica, someone from the [=29th=] century, says there was a breakthrough that proved it was rather simple a few centuries ago.
4	* '''Exaggerated''': All known scientific models, [[FunWithAcronyms from astrophysics to zoology]], have been completely thrown out in favor of others over the years.
5	* '''Downplayed''': Something theorized and plausible but unconfirmed in the present has later been proven correct in-universe.
6	* '''Justified''': ScienceMarchesOn, and it does so quickly. The further into the future the setting is, the more likely this is to happen.
7	* '''Inverted''': What's accepted as fact in the future has wandered astray from the truth known in the present.
8	* '''Subverted''': Dr. Elica clarifies that they're ''not'' traveling faster than light. Something else is going on to compensate and give the same practical effect.
9	* '''Double Subverted''': "...of course, there ''are'' true FTL ships out there, but they're too expensive."
10	* '''Parodied''': Dr. Elica says that [[GravityIsOnlyATheory gravity is a superstitious theory that's been long disproven]].
11	* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
12	* '''Averted''': [[MediaNotes/MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness In-universe science is kept strictly to what's plausible in current knowledge]], though this carries with it [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece its own risks]].
13	* '''Enforced''': [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality The story about long-distance space travel could not exist without fudging current knowledge]].
14	* '''Lampshaded''': "That sounds like you're just ignoring facts to get me to shut up."
15	* '''Invoked''': Alice asks what's been disproven since her time.
16	* '''Exploited''': The people of the future use the opportunity to [[{{Troll}} mess with Alice]] by feeding her BlatantLies about things that have changed.
17	* '''Defied''': ???
18	* '''Discussed''': ???
19	* '''Conversed''': ???
20	* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is relegated to unskilled labor, as her lack of basic knowledge for the job makes her unqualified for anything more substantial.
21	* '''Reconstructed''': Educational pedagogies have also vastly improved, and Alice gets up to speed very fast.
22	* '''Implied''': Alice mentions that FTL travel shouldn't be possible and a future resident just gives her a bizarre look.
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24	Back to WhatWeNowKnowToBeTrue.
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29	%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
30	%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???

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