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Originally Posted by Chazmo,Mar 28 2005, 07:46 AM
That, of course, makes the whole idea of replication a little scary, doesn't it? 
The deal with the transporter was that your "pattern" got put into some sort of enormous memory buffer that stored your entire body in some kind of electronic description. Then, you could be re-integrated, based on the pattern. Nobody ever discussed why this could or could not be used to clone humans or anything for that matter...
It makes you really think. Is a person just a bunch of cells in a specific organization? I'm an atheist, but it's hard to imagine that such a thing would actually be possible.
The deal with the transporter was that your "pattern" got put into some sort of enormous memory buffer that stored your entire body in some kind of electronic description. Then, you could be re-integrated, based on the pattern. Nobody ever discussed why this could or could not be used to clone humans or anything for that matter...
It makes you really think. Is a person just a bunch of cells in a specific organization? I'm an atheist, but it's hard to imagine that such a thing would actually be possible.
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Originally Posted by Chazmo,Mar 28 2005, 07:50 AM
Oooh, actually I forgot something. There was a TNG episode where Ryker got cloned. His "other" self was left behind on some outpost...
So, apparently, yes... The writers of Star Trek did show that such an idea was possible. That whole episode, by the way, was all about how environment had affected Ryker's goals/personality. They never followed up on that.
So, apparently, yes... The writers of Star Trek did show that such an idea was possible. That whole episode, by the way, was all about how environment had affected Ryker's goals/personality. They never followed up on that.
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once the big war started, ds9 was great. i just watched all the reruns at work over the past couple months, it's amazing how long a storyline there really was, as long as you skip the wishy washy lovey dovey episodes.