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From: gregl@tektronix.UUCP (Greg Lacefield)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: FTL weapons and other UNexplainables (flame)
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Date: Fri, 28-Mar-86 12:39:37 EST
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(Flame on)

I really find it hard to believe (and quite hilarious, frankly) that there are
folks out there who ACTUALLY THINK they can explain UNexplainables in Star
Trek or, for that matter, any other sci-fi adventure.  Don't you people realize
that these all come from someone's IMAGINATION??  Let's take Star Trek as an
example.  I LOVE the show and the movies.  But I am not about to presume to
explain how photons, phasers, propulsion systems and the like function, what
they can/can't/should_be_able_to/should_NOT_be_able_to do, etc., especially
when nobody living now could POSSIBLY understand the technology that would have
evolved that far (23rd century) into the future (assuming that it grows at
the present rate of doubling every 2-3 years).

(Flame off)


I do think these discussions are interesting, but I hope that everybody out
there doesn't really BELIEVE all this stuff.

Greg Lacefield   :->

...!tektronix!gregl