Preface: I'm not going to get into any detail on what tech or point to any stories on here because just looking at prior conversations on the forums it is clear to see people get heated and can take shit the wrong way and conversations just get blown out and the purpose ends up entirely lost.
First, not every story and author is a target of this. There are plenty of the stories either the author has some real knowledge personal or done some research. But there are more than a few who that are obviously clueless about what they are talking about and it is pretty clear they are working from fantasy or some made up crap in their head of wishes and unicorns as to how stuff works. Honestly, it would be better to just say it's Magic that at least would make more sense. Speaking of magic please if you don't understand science that well don't try explaining how magic works via science at least not on your own.
One doesn't have to be a super scientist to realize when an author is talking out their ass and has no clue what they are talking about. It's pretty obvious when they can't properly connect stuff together or when they misuse terms related to it that some slightly more educated knows or that someone with direct knowledge would know. Really when you do it it pretty much just ruins the story for those who care about the cohesiveness of the story.
Lets say you do want to include tech you don't understand. There are a number of options besides learning about it. The first is simply jump on a online forum regarding that topic and ask.
And be specific about the issue and what you are looking for. That said the more you know about topic you are going to ask about it will help in asking the right question and understanding the answers returned. Often simply searching question itself will lead to pages that have the answer. That said again having some actual knowledge on a subject will lead to better results.
Avoid asking friends unless they work in the field and or have a background in the topic area. I can't count the number of bad answers and crap that came to people that way.
Have you ever heard the term, "birds of a feather flock together". Like people tend to attract one another. People who are less educated tend to avoid people more educated for various reasons such as not wanting to feel dumb, being looked down down, made to feel inferior... Educated people often avoid less educated people because of a number of reasons such as always having to explain shit, expectations, ... Rich avoid poor and poor avoid rich...
It's not true all the time and for every person. Just it is fairly common.
Well that issue of people flocking together generally makes the average person in similar company to themselves so it is generally pointless to ask them. That might be less of an issue for more educated people there is still some truth even there because of the grouping that comes from fields people work in. Unless you work or participate in groups where there is a mix group of trades and skills and education it's pretty much true that you can expect the person you know is in the same boat you are in.
Some times simply just not trying to explain something is the better option. You can refer to something as a procedure. There can be all sorts of people involved in it for various reasons. You can have medical personnel to monitor it and make sure things go and don't kill the patient or subject. You can countless different types of scientist and lab techs and so on around for various reasons everything from monitoring to building equipment. Technology often includes multiple fields and resources to pull off and produce. While you might not be able to explain lets say the specific procedure you could maybe with yours or someone else's input describe controls and inputs and other aspects for lets say tuning or controlling it. Maybe the procedure can create various out comes such as giving a person different traits.
Often to much detail into something can lead to creating holes in your own story and issue so being vague can be more optimal or simply discussing certain parts. Maybe the events are seen from the perspective of a person who doesn't know every single aspect of it. There are plenty of people involved in lots of science who know their part and a bit more but not every single last bit of what goes on. So that's a perfect valid reason. How many patients today that receive a vaccine for example can tell you how it was made and what is in it or precisely how it works? Not to many.
First, not every story and author is a target of this. There are plenty of the stories either the author has some real knowledge personal or done some research. But there are more than a few who that are obviously clueless about what they are talking about and it is pretty clear they are working from fantasy or some made up crap in their head of wishes and unicorns as to how stuff works. Honestly, it would be better to just say it's Magic that at least would make more sense. Speaking of magic please if you don't understand science that well don't try explaining how magic works via science at least not on your own.
One doesn't have to be a super scientist to realize when an author is talking out their ass and has no clue what they are talking about. It's pretty obvious when they can't properly connect stuff together or when they misuse terms related to it that some slightly more educated knows or that someone with direct knowledge would know. Really when you do it it pretty much just ruins the story for those who care about the cohesiveness of the story.
Lets say you do want to include tech you don't understand. There are a number of options besides learning about it. The first is simply jump on a online forum regarding that topic and ask.
And be specific about the issue and what you are looking for. That said the more you know about topic you are going to ask about it will help in asking the right question and understanding the answers returned. Often simply searching question itself will lead to pages that have the answer. That said again having some actual knowledge on a subject will lead to better results.
Avoid asking friends unless they work in the field and or have a background in the topic area. I can't count the number of bad answers and crap that came to people that way.
Have you ever heard the term, "birds of a feather flock together". Like people tend to attract one another. People who are less educated tend to avoid people more educated for various reasons such as not wanting to feel dumb, being looked down down, made to feel inferior... Educated people often avoid less educated people because of a number of reasons such as always having to explain shit, expectations, ... Rich avoid poor and poor avoid rich...
It's not true all the time and for every person. Just it is fairly common.
Well that issue of people flocking together generally makes the average person in similar company to themselves so it is generally pointless to ask them. That might be less of an issue for more educated people there is still some truth even there because of the grouping that comes from fields people work in. Unless you work or participate in groups where there is a mix group of trades and skills and education it's pretty much true that you can expect the person you know is in the same boat you are in.
Some times simply just not trying to explain something is the better option. You can refer to something as a procedure. There can be all sorts of people involved in it for various reasons. You can have medical personnel to monitor it and make sure things go and don't kill the patient or subject. You can countless different types of scientist and lab techs and so on around for various reasons everything from monitoring to building equipment. Technology often includes multiple fields and resources to pull off and produce. While you might not be able to explain lets say the specific procedure you could maybe with yours or someone else's input describe controls and inputs and other aspects for lets say tuning or controlling it. Maybe the procedure can create various out comes such as giving a person different traits.
Often to much detail into something can lead to creating holes in your own story and issue so being vague can be more optimal or simply discussing certain parts. Maybe the events are seen from the perspective of a person who doesn't know every single aspect of it. There are plenty of people involved in lots of science who know their part and a bit more but not every single last bit of what goes on. So that's a perfect valid reason. How many patients today that receive a vaccine for example can tell you how it was made and what is in it or precisely how it works? Not to many.