USSBurritoTruck@startrek.websiteM to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 11 months agoCrystals good, fungus badi.imgur.comimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down16
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minus-squareLarkinDePark@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·11 months agoCome on. It’s supposed to be sci-fi, not just fi!
minus-squareUSSBurritoTruck@startrek.websiteOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoStar Trek has never been hard science fiction, though. How is the spore drive any more fantastical than half of what happens in Trek?
minus-squareLarkinDePark@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·11 months agoBecause it doesn’t even work in the imagination. A trail of spores going through space? It’s an insult to our intelligence and requires far too much suspension of disbelief.
Come on. It’s supposed to be sci-fi, not just fi!
Star Trek has never been hard science fiction, though.
How is the spore drive any more fantastical than half of what happens in Trek?
Because it doesn’t even work in the imagination. A trail of spores going through space? It’s an insult to our intelligence and requires far too much suspension of disbelief.