"The list is just my opinion, and is not intended as absolute. I think that it is easy to write BAD SF if you ignore these rules, but it doesn’t mean that you can’t write great SF and ignore them. It is just hard to do." A comment from the author in reply to numerous commenters saying that none of these rules exist. "This is so stupid. you are listing your own picky opinion! None of these rules actually exist. this is all you trashing half of the science fiction world." The general idea behind this comment comes up every few comments. "Most comments".. You [i]really[/i] should stop generalizing in argumentative reasoning for the sake of, yaknow, an actual argument; one would think that you didn't even read through the comments, but selectively skimmed. The entire thread concludes at "anything is possible in art".