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minus-squareummthatguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoTechnically, they could, but then you’ve got a hybrid person with full past memories of the others. Ethically touchy, since Tuvix would not be able to be with Tuvok’s family or Kes in the same manner previously.
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoStill better than being annihilated
minus-squareMajorHavoc@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·3 months agoI feel like they could have kept Tuvix and Tuvok and given up Neelix… I kid. Mostly…
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-23 months agoI mean, that would be up to Kes and Tuvoks family to decide. Complex, but families and relationships often are. Not shining a light on the trek “transporters are actually infinite cloning beams” problem was probably for the best though.
minus-squareummthatguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 months agoThat’s been similarly tackled from the eugenics perspective on TNG with these guys: On the other hand, it’d be fun to have a Gary from Fallout type episode caused by the transporters.
minus-squareummthatguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 months agos2e18 “Up the Long Ladder” aka the planet Ireland episode. The other plot involves a more “refined” planet populated by clones who need fresh DNA to not degrade their society.
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoAhh the Ireland episode. That’s why. Ive skipped it for so long I forgot the plot lines.
minus-squarepmc@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoI don’t think “ethically touchy” mattered much to Janeway…
Technically, they could, but then you’ve got a hybrid person with full past memories of the others. Ethically touchy, since Tuvix would not be able to be with Tuvok’s family or Kes in the same manner previously.
Still better than being annihilated
I feel like they could have kept Tuvix and Tuvok and given up Neelix…
I kid. Mostly…
I mean, that would be up to Kes and Tuvoks family to decide. Complex, but families and relationships often are.
Not shining a light on the trek “transporters are actually infinite cloning beams” problem was probably for the best though.
That’s been similarly tackled from the eugenics perspective on TNG with these guys:
On the other hand, it’d be fun to have a Gary from Fallout type episode caused by the transporters.
Huh, what TNG episode is that?
s2e18 “Up the Long Ladder” aka the planet Ireland episode.
The other plot involves a more “refined” planet populated by clones who need fresh DNA to not degrade their society.
Ahh the Ireland episode. That’s why. Ive skipped it for so long I forgot the plot lines.
I don’t think “ethically touchy” mattered much to Janeway…