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minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 hours agoOr when they de aged Pulaski to her “proper” age, they could have just gone a few years younger. Or when they are aged the people in this episode, maybe only age them into their early 20s. The transporters open up all sorts of scenarios that they clearly show as possible, but no one ever uses it that way on purpose somehow…
minus-squareThebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 minutes agoIt’s been a while since I saw that episode but weren’t they only able to do that because they had her most recent pattern stored in the buffer or something like that?
minus-squareummthatguy@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour ago Could have used that info a bit earlier.
minus-squareMojoMcJojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 hours agoI like to believe there are strict ethical laws in far future that are actually enforced, and built into the hardware. Like maybe an ethical local AI
minus-squareMajorHavoc@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·22 minutes ago I like to believe there are strict ethical laws in far future that are actually enforced, and built into the hardware. Presumably only powerful people and Section 31 are allowed to use transporters to stay eternally young…heh.
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 hour agoBut like everyone has the technology. I’m highly skeptical Ferengi would stand in the way of de-aging out of an ethical concern.
Or when they de aged Pulaski to her “proper” age, they could have just gone a few years younger.
Or when they are aged the people in this episode, maybe only age them into their early 20s.
The transporters open up all sorts of scenarios that they clearly show as possible, but no one ever uses it that way on purpose somehow…
It’s been a while since I saw that episode but weren’t they only able to do that because they had her most recent pattern stored in the buffer or something like that?
Could have used that info a bit earlier.
I like to believe there are strict ethical laws in far future that are actually enforced, and built into the hardware. Like maybe an ethical local AI
Presumably only powerful people and Section 31 are allowed to use transporters to stay eternally young…heh.
But like everyone has the technology. I’m highly skeptical Ferengi would stand in the way of de-aging out of an ethical concern.