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RE: Something Star Trek Missed
May 23, 2019 at 9:27 am
(May 23, 2019 at 7:45 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: Nerd Hat On (for a sidebar)
The reason that there are so many humanoids in the Star Trek Universe is that a lost civilization terraformed the galaxy and seeded it with humanoid life.
TOS The Paradise Syndrome.
TNG The Chase.
If the lost civilization seeded galaxy with humanoid life, then the introduced humanoid
at least here on earth seems to show inexplicably intimate genetic relationship with the local biosphere.
If the lost civilization seeded galaxy with the original life at the beginning of thenevolutionary tree on each planet, so that the biospheres across the galaxy shares the same initial origin and thus similar basic genetic mechanism and biochemistry, that would do nothing to address why out of the at least 30 or so basic body plans shown to be possible to descend from that original ancestor 4 billion years later just here on our one planet, intelligent seemingly everywhere would occur in just one single variety of one single body plan.
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RE: Something Star Trek Missed
May 23, 2019 at 9:30 am
(This post was last modified: May 23, 2019 at 9:30 am by The Grand Nudger.)
It's only meant to address the preponderance of humanoids within the fictional universe, there are tons of non humanoid intelligences in the STU..it's not a workable explanation outside of that or even remotely credible from the perspective of reality, obviously, lol.
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RE: Something Star Trek Missed
May 23, 2019 at 9:58 am
Another thing, you step into the transporter, it scans your body and then re-builds it at your destination. It must store the scan, so if you die why can't it just use the stored data to re-build you. (imortality?)
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RE: Something Star Trek Missed
May 23, 2019 at 10:36 am
(May 23, 2019 at 9:58 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Another thing, you step into the transporter, it scans your body and then re-builds it at your destination. It must store the scan, so if you die why can't it just use the stored data to re-build you. (imortality?)
I think that was done is several episolds?
I always wondered if you materialized at your destination, what happens to the air that was at the location where you materialize? Do you just keep accumulating more air inside you from the location where you materialize each time you materialize?
Is that why Kirk and Picard were at times such wind bags?
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RE: Something Star Trek Missed
May 23, 2019 at 11:21 am
Why do those ships look so weird?
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RE: Something Star Trek Missed
May 23, 2019 at 5:10 pm
As long as no-one mentions the analogue guages on the original NCC-1701 before they invented LCARS, I'm happy.
(weird how they had warp drive, replicators and transporters before they could crack the invention of touch LCD panels! lol.)
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RE: Something Star Trek Missed
May 23, 2019 at 5:54 pm
Transporters, transwarp drive, universal translators, phasers, quantum torpedoes - but no one seems to have invented the fuse.
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RE: Something Star Trek Missed
May 23, 2019 at 5:58 pm
(May 23, 2019 at 5:10 pm)ignoramus Wrote: As long as no-one mentions the analogue guages on the original NCC-1701 before they invented LCARS, I'm happy.
(weird how they had warp drive, replicators and transporters before they could crack the invention of touch LCD panels! lol.)
Those are holographic analogue gauges protected by transparent aluminum bezel. The analogue appearance is for style, not want of technology less than two centuries old.
What look like switches are actually rotary dilithium engram interfacers. Far more advanced than LCD touch screens if you ask me.
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RE: Something Star Trek Missed
May 23, 2019 at 6:08 pm
(May 23, 2019 at 5:54 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Transporters, transwarp drive, universal translators, phasers, quantum torpedoes - but no one seems to have invented the fuse.
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RE: Something Star Trek Missed
May 23, 2019 at 6:25 pm
(May 23, 2019 at 5:58 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: (May 23, 2019 at 5:10 pm)ignoramus Wrote: As long as no-one mentions the analogue guages on the original NCC-1701 before they invented LCARS, I'm happy.
(weird how they had warp drive, replicators and transporters before they could crack the invention of touch LCD panels! lol.)
Those are holographic analogue gauges protected by transparent aluminum bezel. The analogue appearance is for style, not want of technology less than two centuries old.
What look like switches are actually rotary dilithium engram interfacers. Far more advanced than LCD touch screens if you ask me.
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