Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteM to Star Trek Social Club@startrek.websiteEnglish · 1 year agoJaneway’s “Tuvix” Decision Divides ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ Cast: “It Kind Of Hurt Her Character”trekmovie.comexternal-linkmessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1164
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minus-squareexplodicle@local106.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoWait so then why don’t they duplicate people all the time? The galaxy could use another Data.
minus-squarewahming@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoBecause the star trek transporter is pretty much the definition of deus ex machina, with a particularly lazy deus that only works every few episodes
minus-squareMichael Gemar@mstdn.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year ago@explodicle @startrek I think it’s best not to ponder the capabilities of the transporter too closely, otherwise it kinda breaks the world.
minus-squareEmpathicVagrant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI wonder if that falls under eugenics, too close to cloning.
minus-squareexplodicle@local106.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThey had a pretty broad definition of “eugenics” anyways. Bashir’s parents did nothing wrong.
Wait so then why don’t they duplicate people all the time? The galaxy could use another Data.
Because the star trek transporter is pretty much the definition of deus ex machina, with a particularly lazy deus that only works every few episodes
@explodicle @startrek I think it’s best not to ponder the capabilities of the transporter too closely, otherwise it kinda breaks the world.
I wonder if that falls under eugenics, too close to cloning.
They had a pretty broad definition of “eugenics” anyways. Bashir’s parents did nothing wrong.