On Jan 27, 10:13 am, "Ken from Chicago" <kwicker1b_nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> Sure, there was that whole M5 ... "incident" ... but is there some story
or
> episode that explains why the robophobia?
Nothing specific in ST continuity, unless it's the fourth season of
Enterprise, which I haven't seen yet.
Robots like automated carts may just have involved too much in the way
of special effects - they did have antigravity platforms for toting
things around in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
"I, Mudd" and "What are Little Girls Made Of" are examples - and there
is at least one from ST:TNG as well - that shows that ST took a very
dim view of uploading.
I don't really view the animated episodes as canon - but we have
"Rascals" from ST:TNG to show that in Star Trek, there is no interest
in finding a cure for the aging process. (On the other hand, in the
movie Star Trek: Insurrection, the bad guys were clearly the bad guys;
a stupid attempt to steal other people's immortality is not what I
approve of.)
This can be explained quite simply - if, in the Star Trek future,
people didn't grow old, they couldn't bring the same actors back for
sequels later on! I think the robophobia of Star Trek has the same
basic cause - they want people like us (in ST:TNG, more politically
correct people like us) to have space****ps, so they don't want
innovations, like widespread use of robots, that would change society
in significant ways.
John Savard
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