Spoilers Star Trek: Picard General Discussion Thread

As science-fiction, it works for me. If we have the beginnings of a theory in the 21st Century, I can imagine it happening in the 25th Century. The real 25th Century? Maybe, maybe not. But a fictional one? Definitely. And I'll never know a 25th Century that isn't fictional. So there we are.

 

Cool stuff. Obvious none of it practical at this time, probably a couple hundred years away from being able to create something that could fully mimic the entire human brain, but these types of explorations are what eventually lead to progress. And applying this kind of thinking to Picard, you can easily imagine Soong's process being similar.

You can even imagine that Picard in the "waiting room" with Digital Data was during the "memory retrieval" stage mentioned above, while the artificial brain was syncing up with the organic one. And then once it was fully integrated, he "walked through the door" to swap over to fully digital operation.

 

If anime is any indication, the Japanese are exceptionally focused on this concept.

 

I've said this before, but if digital uploading of consciousness is possible (that is to say, a digital "copy" of you could have continuity) and the universe is infinite, then you must find yourself "uploaded" somewhere after death, even if you didn't actively move towards making it happen.

I say this because across the infinite expanse of space/the multiverse, you would just happen to be created by sheer coincidence (in a simulation or whatever) repeatedly - hell, an infinite number of times.

 

This was interesting /s

 

Only watched the first thirty seconds of that. It seems that guy doesn't realize the Jurati Borg are separate from the Borg Collective.

 

Yep and I kept wondering why he didn't notice that or he didn't bother watching season 2.... But then makes that weird connection of "where did they go?" Perhaps interesting should have been marked as sarcasm on my part

 

It took less than 30 seconds to recognize him as one of those "real fans" and I regret giving him those seconds on his payment timer.

 

Oh one of those........ I know now to avoid his videos

 

200k views... maybe the explanation shouldn't have been cut from the season 2 finale after all?

 

What do you mean cut, the Borg stayed at the portal to guard it and that faction asked to join the Federation

 

There was a part acknowledged to have been cut that clarified Jurati did not take over the Borg-Borg and stayed out of history's way until 2400.

 

I feel that was implied fairly strongly. I know it was a big part of the conversation here at the end of season two.

 

Yeah, not everything needs to be explained.

 

I guess I'm in the position of having several problems with season 2, but liking it far more than PS1 or Disco or SNW.

For me, that wasn't a top level sticking point. But for many viewers, it was... including people who had advance screeners to season 3, and gave some odd veiled spoilers in hindsight.

 

There's another video going around saying words to the effect you NEED dilithium to go to warp.
They are using Cochrane's ship as an example and saying that it should not work

 

Dilithium is a power regulator right? To make sure the AMM reaction doesn’t go too kaboom or whatevs.
Technically nothing to do with warp.

 

You are correct but there's so many of these "real fans" doing videos

 

Need a certified real stamp.