Let's face it: most people are just too stupid to write science fiction. Maybe writers just don't realize that for sci-fi readers, "suspension of disbelief" means "accepting the possibility of new technologies in the future". It does not mean "accepting the possibility that, in the future, the universe's internal consistency will take a back seat whenever there is an opportunity to heighten drama". For example:

• How could a whole galaxy full of people be so fucking uncreative with their transporter technology?


• How could there be competition in a society with no want and no death?


• Why would anyone participate in a nitrogen-based gift economy?


• Why would the all-powerful hive-mind super computer use such clumsy means to try to kill its enemies?


• Why do some cylon patrols immediately jump out to bring back insurmountable reinforcements, while others conveniently wait around to get killed without alerting the main fleet?


• Has Star Fleet considered the savings it could realize across the fleet if they just made their main deflector dishes a little less versatile?


• Why do you need to use manned fighters if you already have unmanned missiles?


• If it took 8 years for your message to reach Earth, shouldn't you consider typing more than a few lines of text?