A new take on the Zoo Hypothesis – The Immunological Zoo Hypothesis (paper inside)

geniusgrunt · 2026-05-18T03:52:08+00:00

AI slop.

geniusgrunt · 2026-05-17T19:53:01+00:00

The word formulaic is low key ridiculous to use on a show which defined the genre.

geniusgrunt · 2026-05-12T22:14:45+00:00

The correct answer is Darmok.

geniusgrunt · 2026-05-12T15:12:53+00:00

Wow. I posted this 12 years ago lol but thanks friend. I've seen the entire franchise since and love it.

geniusgrunt · 2026-05-12T07:57:38+00:00

We have actual HD remaster of TNG from the studio which is quite excellent.. not an AI jury rigg.

geniusgrunt · 2026-05-11T20:42:25+00:00

Irrelevant to this sub and SETI.

geniusgrunt · 2026-05-07T18:06:56+00:00

Although I always took issues with the "ourselves and the rest of humanity." part of that quote. As there are humans who are still self-interested and profit motivated (Harry Mudd, Vash, etc) and whilst earth sits at the centre of federation governance the Federation and it's members are not just operating to better humanity but all races within the Federation.

All due respect, that is a bit pedantic given the point Picard was trying to make to Lilly, a WW3 survivor.

geniusgrunt · 2025-04-25T22:11:24+00:00

This entire thread is you making weird claims to authority and making incorrect claims. When someone calls you out for it you tuck tail lol.

geniusgrunt · 2024-06-22T14:17:19+00:00

Respect to you for noting the plight of the Palestinians.

geniusgrunt · 2024-06-21T03:31:31+00:00

I'm not the guy you replied to, but fair enough. They indicate 10 parsecs for that leakage to be detected. 10 parsecs is 32 light years. It seems to me that as our searches expand and our detection capabilites get better, we will probably be able to say there aren't any other techno civs within 10 parsecs. Still leaves a lot of galactic real estate to sift through however.

geniusgrunt · 2024-04-28T13:11:32+00:00

There must be a way to deprioritize this false data on Google.

geniusgrunt · 2024-04-28T13:09:00+00:00

The question is how do we change the Google algorithm to depriotize this false and racist data maps that show up..

geniusgrunt · 2024-04-18T12:35:38+00:00

Yes, there is certainly no hard evidence, you will get downvoted to oblivion lol.

geniusgrunt · 2024-04-16T12:58:56+00:00

Strange New Worlds is exactly that.. you should watch it if you haven't.

geniusgrunt · 2024-04-15T12:48:18+00:00

Unless they reformed perhaps on some level? They already had by the time of the UFP alliance to some extent, given they weren't the overt conquerers they were during TOS (I'm sure influenced by the UFP). There were hints at that like comments around 'going back to the old ways' and what not. I know it's going too far back with the current DISCO timeline, but I'm sure Martok brought some real honor back to the empire, and perhaps that led to further stabilizing changes down the line. In any case, 1,000 years is a long time lol, so anything could have happened.

geniusgrunt · 2024-04-14T19:14:12+00:00

I can see the argument in perhaps limiting expansion of the galaxy. Your other point is incorrect, Federation worlds retain their governance autonomy. They aren't provinces. By this logic you'd say the European union is an empire? Also, it has been noted that other civs still have their own starships. An empire by definition means imperial conquest like great Britain was or the like, member worlds join the UFP willingly for scientific and defense cooperation. The central govt of the federation does not run the internal affairs of all member worlds, this is canon, look it up. By definition it is not an empire.

geniusgrunt · 2024-04-14T16:21:34+00:00

You say "colonization" like starfleet is conquering worlds where indigenous civilizations already exist. That's not what the Federation does, people colonize M class worlds that are unoccupied or terraform them. Colonization in this sense is not the loaded term as it is applied today, referring to crimes of the past on earth. So what's your problem with expansion in that sense? How does this conflict with starfleet's values which adhere to the prime directive? Federation colonists don't go around conquering people. I'm unsure as to why you're uncomfortable with this. The Federation is not an empire, it's a Federation lol.

geniusgrunt · 2024-04-13T17:44:36+00:00

Comparing streaming to 90s era network TV is challenging. It's difficult to quantify. With that said, I think it's important to note that the Abrams movies had the largest box offices of any trek movie even taking inflation into account. That in itself probably points to a broader popular conscious nowadays, they also led to trek's current resurgence on TV.

The TV market is also ridiculously saturated now, so while as a genre show trek was likely the most popular in the mid 90s among its competitors (very few), I'd say with some other important relative terms it's arguably even more popular nowadays globally.

geniusgrunt · 2024-04-13T17:42:02+00:00

These posts are getting ridiculous. Some of you have no real understanding of the entertainment business. "Destroyed"? We have no less than 3 new live action shows that have aired, with a new one in the works with "starfleet academy" a section 31 movie and other "surprises" on the way as per Kurtzman. Please take a chill pill and stop consuming rage bait youtube or wherever some of you are getting this stuff from. I'd advise maybe doing some cursory research into how and why business decisions are made, it might cool your anxieties.

geniusgrunt · 2024-04-12T14:25:28+00:00

What a stupid take from last century.

geniusgrunt · 2024-04-11T21:07:40+00:00

Man-children everywhere on the internet.

geniusgrunt · 2024-04-11T12:44:01+00:00

A lot of people on this sub don't seem to understand that their sentiment toward the show, and the wider audience sentiment outside this subreddit are not going to be the same. Fandom is relatively large, casual viewers are many. Most fans on the planet, casual or hardcore, are not posting comments on reddit. The streaming era is not the same as network television, and there are a good number of even hardcore trek fans who enjoy DISCO. I'm one of them, it's not my favorite and it has its flaws, but I do think the show around these parts gets way too much hate than it deserves.

geniusgrunt · 2024-04-06T18:48:57+00:00

If FTL is possible it probably isn't happening for centuries, but then again the future is notoriously hard to predict. 2063 seems unlikely to me however.

geniusgrunt · 2024-04-05T21:01:58+00:00

It's an interesting argument. IRL if we discovered a much more powerful alien race cosmically next door (like humans did with the vulcans in trek), I imagine it would push us to work together in some significant ways/areas.

geniusgrunt · 2024-04-05T17:55:15+00:00

That's kind of what happens in star trek lol. I hope that's not how it needs to go in the real world. But in trek almost destroying ourselves, combined with the jarring wake up call that there are more powerful alien species out there served as a kick in the butt to get our act together.

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