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Enzan wrote: You've come into a thread about slicing into Minkata's vulnerable underbelly to see what's inside to tell us that you feel so bad because we won't turn off our brains and stop all this inconvenient thinking. As we can all see, there are explanations for how Minkata behaves.
My problem with those explanations is that they make the Minkata sky a glorified planetarium-- a simulation of a planet's sky, rather than an actual one... which is inconsistent with the Myst canon.
I'm not saying people should 'turn off their brains'-- I'm just saying their brains should recognize that some things in the story may not be 100% scientifically accurate, but you shouldn't toss out canon, because of that.Muttley wrote: Regarding teleportation, there are many different theories in the SF community. Some are articulated by Justin Rye in his Star Trek rant, specifically the Transporter section. Do not read this if you are upset by people who don't take Star Trek seriously.
Actually... I think a more pertinent Star Trek example would be a geneticist's view on how Vulcans, an alien race, would be able to cross breed with humans and create the hybrid character of Spock.
I realize a lot of Star Trek IS based on true science.. .but again, there are some 'questionable' aspects--especially in TOS. There might be friction here & there. If we assume Vulcans evolved on Vulcan, that makes it highly unlikely they could ever cross breed with humans, who are a different species & should have wildly different DNA. Plenty of theories have been suggested...
However seriously I take Star Trek.... I'd have my problems with a theory that claimed Vulcan isn't actually another planet, it's some kind of 'biosphere' that was set up centuries ago, on a submerged island off the coast of Asia, implying Vulcans are in fact homosapiens, & not extraterrestrial at all-- as an explanation why Spock's parents could cross-breed.
Now, Star Trek TNG once had an episode that suggested all the intelligent life in the show including Humans, Vulcans, Klingons, Romulans, even Cardassians, all share an ancient intelligent humanoid ancestor, thus making them all JUST genetically similar enough to cross-breed. Maybe it's in a theoretical "grey area" but it seems like a solid hypothesis which marries both science AND the show's fictional elements.
I'm not telling people to toss out science fully... I just think its equally wrong to fully toss out the story elements, too. For me, it is a very IMPORTANT part of Myst, that the D'ni authors intended 'real' worlds, planets, suns, to be present in their Ages. Again, yes, Ahnonay is an exception... but I think the general rule should be, the "planet and stars" really are what they look like, unless some story element proves otherwise.
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