• Lath
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      1110 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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        10 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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        210 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.