Alderamin on the Sky

[KrayZ33]

I understand that, but the people in his time don't fit that description in my book. The students actually *are* the problem because it's very unlikely that they never heard of science (and the way they act whenever he mentions it tells me that they really haven't) and that itself seems so unreal. Whether Magic and Spirit exist doesn't really change that, as Mages are often regarded as Scholars in most fantasy series anyway and they are basically the academics.

Like you used to say (allow me to change some words here): "If they haven't shown it yet, then it's bad writing" or " Show, don't tell"
If they really wanted to use that plot-device, I'm sure they had plenty of opportunities to do so since we are already 8 episodes in.
As for Newton, it's not like they didn't think about gravitiy before, they just couldn't explain and proof it, ballistics however is something that has to do with it too and they were already on that ever since the invention of catapults (or even before that).

Right now, at this point in time, this plot line is absolutely pointless and feels out of place. Which is why I dislike it so far. That being said, I'm actually all for a revalation in that regard - which wouldn't change how I'd view the story telling on that topic so far, but at least future references will make more sense then.