In The Original Series in the 60s, people had no idea what the future would look like or what technology would look like. In one of the early episodes, they had a paper print out machine on the bridge that looked like a fax machine, which was considered futuristic in the 1960s.
Like the example of the Enterprise fax machine, what technology or system do you think are we displaying in the current Star Trek shows that will show how dated we will become in the future?
I really doubt flying a spaceship will ever just be sitting in a bucket seat with a screen of touch controls
The interior of the Crew Dragon capsule, currently in service:
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Yeah: It’ll be your brain in a jar (or just stored digitally) and you’ll just get a new body 3D printed when you arrive at your destination… After landing.
You go ahead. I’ll keep my brain inside my body, thank you.
But it might enjoy the peace and quiet of a tank!
Okay, but what if somebody offers to non-invasively copy your brain and send that copy out into the cosmos to one day 40,000 years from now land on another habitable planet?
What if they’re going to send out 10 copies? In 10 different directions? Sure, you may pass away, and the spark that makes you unique in all of the history of the universe may receede with the ocean tides of time, but if you had the option to be partially temporarily more than mortal would you take it?
It isn’t me if it’s a copy.
Calm down, Dr Pulaski.
Considering how often it fucked up, I’d say she and McCoy were right on about the transporter.