There are more rules than just physics. There's biology, economics, sociology, politics, and so on. A thousand thousand things, any one of which might take a particular reader out of the story.
For example. I managed to read the first volume of the Hunger Games, but refused to go further. My problem? The premise was wrong. I simply could not buy the proposition that generation after generation would show up for almost certain death in a game. It was just too silly. The orchestration of those deaths was equally silly, which didn't help, but the premise! I couldn't make that work, and it didn't feel like Collins felt like she had to work very hard to sell it.
Obviously I am not in the majority on this. So, you want to write a novel where the sociology and politics make no sense? Have a it! Someone is going to object, but maybe a million others will love it.
For example. I managed to read the first volume of the Hunger Games, but refused to go further. My problem? The premise was wrong. I simply could not buy the proposition that generation after generation would show up for almost certain death in a game. It was just too silly. The orchestration of those deaths was equally silly, which didn't help, but the premise! I couldn't make that work, and it didn't feel like Collins felt like she had to work very hard to sell it.
Obviously I am not in the majority on this. So, you want to write a novel where the sociology and politics make no sense? Have a it! Someone is going to object, but maybe a million others will love it.