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The story is meaningless without the science, in the same way a military novel is meaningless without the technical military knowledge.
"Sam Fisher walked into the room AND STARTED FIRING HIS MACHINE GUN AND BULLETS ABOUT THE SIZE OF MY FINGER FELL TO THE FLOOR AT THE TERRORISTS WHO WANTED TO DO SOMETHING BAD TO THE WORLD????"
Believe it or not, true scifi is actually about science. It's not just about going to space or being attacked by aliens. This is why it's called science fiction. Ruining a genre's name doesn't change the novel.