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2 | '''Basic Trope''': Something that's established scientific fact in the present is dismissed as outdated in a future setting.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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26 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
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29 | %% * '''Played for Laughs''': ??? |
30 | %% * '''Played for Drama''': ??? |
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