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Elon Musk Wants To Make 'Star Trek' Real Without Everything That Makes 'Star Trek' Great (www.jalopnik.com)
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[–] 8 points 10 months ago (1 child)

When I say Starfleet I mean he wants the technology. He wants transporters and replicators and holodecks and photon torpedoes snd phasers, not the wisdom and maturity it takes to use that technology properly.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    Which is exactly why the Prime Directive was set up. And I'm a believer in the theory that we are apes that, for various reasons, evolved certain abilities far faster than other primitive characteristics could keep up. We're like toddlers with things we shouldn't have.

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