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ProfessorMurder posted:TNG had an episode that revealed that an ancient civilization (maybe the first intelligent civilization?) thought they were alone in the galaxy so they went around seeding it with their DNA. So most intelligent species evolved from their genetic code or something.
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Aging Millenial posted:The guy who made the Babylon 5 tv series wanted to do a reboot of the Star Trek franchise (before J.J "king of passable movies" Abrams got his hands on it) that took it for granted that all the major alien factions in Star Trek were related and the show's central storyline would concern this question as its ultimate story arc.
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Feb 20, 2017 01:54
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And don't say the reason they can interbreed is future technology, that might work for the human/betazoid and human/klingon mudbloods but I doubt all the cardsssian/bajoran rape babies were conceived with artificial assistance. Although that raises the question of why an advanced interstellar species doesn't have 100% effective contraception. Ducat would have been better off wearing a rubber rather than trying to abort his daughter when she was like twelve years old. Osric fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Feb 20, 2017 |
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Feb 20, 2017 02:14
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gary oldmans diary posted:we know everything about the hypothetical. youre just trying to hold onto a physical concept and a metaphysical concept at the same time when they dont work together. i recommend you disregard all metaphysical and see how plain and simple the physical scenario is I think you are probably right but the questions people are raising are valid. If we imagine someone being duplicated down to their last atom without the original being destroyed then we see why people are doubtful. You wouldn't argue that the original would continue to perceive the experiences of the copy as if they were happening to the original. This is what people are talking about, the subjective perception of their own continued existence. Not souls. I think you're probably right that persistent consciousness is a kind of illusion but I don't see how you can claim such certainty about this. Particularly as your fatuous description of the phenomenon of consciousness as "a electrical and chemical pattern" suggests that you are no expert on neurobiology.
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Feb 20, 2017 19:17
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Changing the subject, Voyager sure must have been equipped with more than the standard two shuttlecraft since they seem to destroy one every other episode. Unless they have a giant replicator that's just constantly farting them out. Alo they took the Delta Flyer = car analogy way, way too loving far. A drag race in space? That don't make a lick of sense.
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Feb 20, 2017 19:41
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If I saw someone IRL sit on a chair that way I would call the police.
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