• Lath
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        1111 months ago

        But there’s Q, the traveller, Wesley, that old guy who wiped out an entire species with a thought… Pretty magical stuff there…

        • gregorum
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          11 months ago

          Any sufficiently advanced technology would appear as magic to the primitive. This is a theme repeated frequently in the show. 

          The life forms you mentioned are simply more advanced than humanity can comprehend, they are not magical. 

          • @[email protected]
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            The Q are pretty fucking magical, to be honest. DeLancie’s Q even suggests that all of their powers come from the mind, not from technology.

        • Drusas
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          Wow, I had completely forgotten about the Wesley Traveler thing.

          • Lath
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            Well then, I’d say this is a good excuse to familiarize yourself with it and tell me for sure.

      • @kromem
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        “A sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

        • Lath
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          211 months ago

          Does that apply to any universe or just Star Trek?

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            Any universe. I recall reading a fun fantasy book that played with this idea under the premise of a guy who discovered he was in a simulation and hacked admin access, decided to go back into Arthurian medieval times to be a wizard with his new tech powers, and ended up there with a number of other sysadmins who had the same idea.

            It wasn’t the best written book, but the concept was definitely novel.