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The Ethics of Waiting: Babylon 5’s “Mind War” and Star Trek: Voyager’s “The Gift”

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Published: April 28, 2024 10:22

The Star Trek: Voyager episode, “The Gift,” (1997) was clearly largely influenced from the Babylon 5 episode, “Mind War” (1994). In both episodes there is a.) the build-up/evolution of psychic...

Taking a very short break from updating website

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Published: March 10, 2024 11:07

This is only a temporary break. I have lots of ideas for continuing this website. However, I am deeply involved in another project that I need to give my full...

Anti-Utopian Leadership

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Published: February 4, 2024 09:25

What is clear is that utopian science fiction offers us insights into what can be, and dystopian science fiction presents the most abysmal than can or is likely to come...

When the Sky is Beautiful Again, Always

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Published: December 21, 2023 23:10

I want to return to my post, “Solarpunk and Vestiges of the Ascetic.” My primary point, which I believe I failed to communicate is the suffering required to attain the...

Cylon Number Six as Savior of the Twelve Colonies

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Published: December 6, 2023 15:52

[spoilers ahead] Number Six, portrayed by Tricia Helfer, begins the reboot of Battlestar Galactica as endearingly dedicated to fall of humankind. However, her intimate relationship with Gaius Baltar (of all...

The Ethical Prism of Sentience in Season Two of Star Trek: Discovery

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Published: November 4, 2023 15:22

Sentience is a primary theme throughout season two of Star Trek: Discovery. There is the elemental nature of the crew of Discovery attempting to understand the red signs, or bursts,...

Without Capitalism Rain Robinson Would Still Be An Astronomer

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Published: October 27, 2023 04:07

Lysella: So Wait. If nobody has to have a job then why do you guys all work? Cmdr. Kelly Grayson: The right work can be satisfying for other reasons besides...

Father Figures in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Babylon 5 and the Knowing of Our Shared Responsibilities

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Published: October 4, 2023 07:25

Avery Brooks said on a number of occasions that he accepted the role of Benjamin Sisko in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine because of the depiction of the ever-present father...

Attraction to Light: Light as Communication and Imagined Evolution

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Published: September 24, 2023 01:48

In the Babylon 5 season 4 episode, “The Deconstruction of Falling Stars,” (1997) we are given a possible image that takes place a million years into the future where humans...

The First Steps to Reaching a SciFi-Like Utopia From Where the Western World is Right Now

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Published: August 7, 2023 09:09

First it is essential to understand and to be able to perceive that progressives are just as toxic, just as politically charged, as centrists as well as the far Right....