On the suspension of disbelief.

[notjohnsmith]

In unnecessarily complex and patently contrived situations, it becomes difficult to apply simple logical assumptions.  Especially in a situation like this, there's no appealing to Occam's Razor, because even the simplest possible explanation has had its entities multiplied beyond the boundaries of common sense

Comments

[allthezpms]

I like the way you think.

[notjohnsmith]

Then, my late homework assignment... ?

[allthezpms]

Nice try. I'd love to let all of you weasel out of it as much as you would, no doubt, but I have to eat, too. And to do that, I still have to teach.

[notjohnsmith]

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained."

Unfortunately that saying fails to illustrate just how often nothing is gained regardless of the venture.

[notjohnsmith]

There's no reason these books and movies can't simply be clever fakes.

[notjohnsmith]

Al it means is that they spied on us closely enough to duplicate events we remember.