Disclosure Day is all fi and no sci #shorts

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Let’s break down the science in Disclosure Day, the new film from Steven Speilberg, could any of this actually work in the real Universe? ... BUT there is no science in Disclosure Day, it's all just magic. I love sci-fi, and I love breaking it down for you all of you so you understand where the line is between science and fiction in your favourite stories. So I was really excited when I got invited to an advanced screening in London, it meant I had time to prepare a 15 minute science filled YouTube video before it was released in the cinema. But after seeing the film, there was almost nothing for me to talk about. There was one scene, which without any spoilers, humans can’t see something that an infrared thermal camera can because of alien technology magic - that’s not anything going on with physics though, it just means the alien tech works on people’s perception of the world, on their brains, rather than physically obscuring an object by bending light around it. Humans can only see visible light, not infrared light, so hence why they can’t see it but an infrared camera can - presumably any normal camera would’ve also done the trick. So on the spectrum of scifi from the most rooted in science on this side with the likes of the Martian, and the Expanse, to the fiction side of the spectrum as you start to get into fantasy with the likes of Star Wars, it's safe to say Disclosure Day sits very firmly over on the fiction, fantasy, magic side of the spectrum. I think I came out o

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