Robert Clay

Gamer, sci-fi and fantasy fan, and otherwise all-around nerd. Not a clay robot.

[Robert Clay @robotclay]

@JJmoida @TLTM32 You know. "Chefs, open your baskets! Your ingredients for the entree round are:

Frozen broccoli
Pork loin
Black licorice flavored fizzy candy
And leftover chicken fried rice

Your thirty minutes starts now."

[Robert Clay @robotclay]

@JJmoida @TLTM32 It's a whammy ingredient in a Chopped basket, like cactus taffy or ghost pepper lemonade.

[Robert Clay @robotclay]

@ShadowGarrus @ColeSantini @emkenobi Do you have any data to support this assertion?

Public opinion on nuclear energy has been mixed but gradually improving for DECADES. Chernobyl came out in 2019. Show us where public support for nuclear energy suddenly fell off since then.

[Robert Clay @robotclay]

@miadoctorwho Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff

[Robert Clay @robotclay]

@Jun2x1985 @Mr_Derivatives He doesn't have at least one Cybertruck? That's about as stupid as a car can get.

[Robert Clay @robotclay]

@TheSkullTrumpet @rob_heighton Yeah it pissed you off so much when the Doctor said racism is bad.

We get it.

[Robert Clay @robotclay]

@kmsieja @ewarren There was no context. The guy just rambled on some nonsense about he loves the inflation and you know why becuase he knows something you don't which is they're taking millions of barrels of oil that nobody knows about but Iran is finding out right now.

Grandpa off his meds.

[Robert Clay @robotclay]

@andrewdobrow @NewsWire_US He could give every person nine hundred billion and still have ten quintillion left.

Done the math, it all checks out.

[Robert Clay @robotclay]

@SeanDKnight @DEADLINE Why? Why wouldn't people watch a good show? Why would it be necessary, for the majority of ordinary people who aren't chronic Xwitter bitchers, to erase multiple Doctors and their companions from existence, if it didn't impact the stories in the slightest?

Explain.

[Robert Clay @robotclay]

@SeanDKnight @DEADLINE The 7th Doctor had awful ratings. The 8th Doctor's TV movie bombed and failed to revive the show.

Then they moved on. No retcons, just a new direction and a better show.

Why wouldn't a better show succeed?

[Robert Clay @robotclay]

@math_and_glory @AAAccount7 @CertainSpeaks Different atheists have different answers to the first cause question, and some don't have an answer.

Being an atheist doesn't mean you believe in any particular thing or worldview. It only means an absence of one particular belief.

[Robert Clay @robotclay]

@SeanDKnight @DEADLINE I don't care about your claims.

My point is they shouldn't do ANYTHING about the last few seasons at all. Don't deny, ignore.

Make better stories. Nobody should be upset about a better show.

[Robert Clay @robotclay]

@qualitycarebear @G_S_Bhogal @David_Kicinski Child? Really?

Condescend some more, please.

I'm not the one who needs magic from an old dude in the sky to explain why anything exists.

[Robert Clay @robotclay]

@qualitycarebear @G_S_Bhogal @David_Kicinski Oh I see. So the explanation is true until falsified, including things that are not falsifiable.

You do not understand logic at all.

Bye.

[Robert Clay @robotclay]

@qualitycarebear @G_S_Bhogal @David_Kicinski I think you are missing the point of falsifiability.

The existence of a divine creator cannot be falsified. There is no experimental test for whether God is real or not.

[Robert Clay @robotclay]

@qualitycarebear @G_S_Bhogal @David_Kicinski Feeling the evolutionary drive to explain everything doesn't mean every fantasy we conjure must be true.

[Robert Clay @robotclay]

@SeanDKnight @DEADLINE The fandom is not a monolith. Contrary to your personal beliefs, everyone does not agree with your opinion on what went wrong.

Don't say "this stuff definitely happened" or "this definitely didn't." None of it has to affect the new episodes and you don't have to rewatch it.

[Robert Clay @robotclay]

@SeanDKnight @DEADLINE Because they can ignore whatever they want.

The point is just to move on. Don't make a big production out of "retconning" things, just move on to something better.

Don't even talk about it, one way or the other. It's still canon but it doesn't matter.

[Robert Clay @robotclay]

@SeanDKnight @DEADLINE No.

Just keep going. No need to "reboot" where 12 left off. The new Doctor is the 16th Doctor.

Just make a better show with better stories and not worry about what has already happened. Just do better.

What happened happened. Move on.

[Robert Clay @robotclay]

@qualitycarebear @G_S_Bhogal @David_Kicinski There is a gap between "everything is explainable in theory" and "humans have the ability to understand everything."

Also, the scientific approach isn't to offer an explanation and assume it is correct until a better one is offered. That is not the process at all.