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So that's what happened to Darwin after seaQuest...
-------------------- I'm slightly annoyed at Hobbes' rather rude decision to be much more attractive than me though. That's just rude. - PsyLiam, Oct 27, 2005.
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I believe it's actually popular among fandom to consider Seaquest and Trek part of the same universe, isn't it?
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I read an article recently that basically boiled down to "SO MAYBE DOLPHINS AREN'T ALL THAT GREAT CUZ YEAH THEY'VE SAVED A LOT OF PEOPLE'S LIVES BUT THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW SCATTERED ACCOUNTS OF DOLPHINS RAPING OR KILLING OTHER DOLPHINS, PORPOISES OR HUMANS!" That *really* irked me...A few dolphins raped and murdered other animals, so they must all really be wild dangerous animals instead of possibly sentient lifeforms? That's like saying all humans are wild dangerous animals and not sentient lifeforms because some humans rape and murder other humans or non-human animals.
I'm getting really, *REALLY* fed up with people thinking we're so superior to everything that is not a human being simply on the basis of it not being a human being.
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quote:That's like saying all humans are wild dangerous animals and not sentient lifeforms because some humans rape and murder other humans or non-human animals.
I wasn't aware they where mutually exclusive, nor that good guys wore white ten-gallons and bad guys actually wore black.
With the risk of going offtrack, I would say that it's not just the dogma of defending objectiveness that has people believing in dolphin intelligence, it feels more like classic, na�ve hope. Just like the assumption that there are aliens waiting for us in space (the only "evidence" being arbitrary statistics), or that there is life after death, or that there is a god. It's hope, people believe certain stuff to avoid facing uncertain quantitites, not because there's any merit to it. "Magma displacement", yeah?
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Daniel Butler
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They're not mutually exclusive. But saying "Some A are B therefore all A are B" is...pretty obviously fallacious.
Hope is a good thing. Unless you're a Vulcan.
Ahkileez - you're right, I did enjoy that, very much.
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Working on Ark Royal's 'superauxiliary' ship now. I guess the Akira's version of a Captain's yacht, but without the luxury. A combination runabout/dropship heavy craft. Something nice and tough to match her mothership.
She's not done, but I hope you guys like the Britannic. I like the way the E-E's shuttles seem to match her look and feel, and so does Voyager's. I wanted this ship to be the same way, hence echoing the catamaran shape.
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No. I always put that off because I'm not too good at elevation views.
Want to see more of this militarized Trek ship?
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*stern look* I maintain that what was seen on-screen weren't primarily warships, but that doesn't mean Starfleet doesn't have any. Plus this gal is attractive.
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