Ji Fu

Human rights? The very name is racist.

@risa

Feb 20 at 4:07amWeb
Show threadSteveFeb 20
Speciesist
Show threadNaibofTabrFeb 20
Does Tuvix have two species, or none?
Show threadSteveFeb 20
I would say none. Maybe to be a member of a species requires at least a history of a single breeding pair?
Show threadNaibofTabrFeb 20

Tertiary question: we know that Vulcans/Romulans were descendents of the Progenitors, but are Talaxians?

If not, it might not be technically possible for them to interbreed at all, meaning that a Vulcan/Talaxian hybrid could never occur naturally, and also that Tuvix would probably be genetically incompatible with everything and everyone. Therefore, no species - only an anomaly produced by a freak transporter accident.

Show threadMelllvarFeb 20
Not all species reproduce sexually. Not all sexual reproduction involves pairs.
Show threadgrueFeb 20
“A single Tuvix is a curiosity. A wonder, even. But thousands of Tuvixes – isn’t that becoming a race?”
Show threadKeeponstalinFeb 20
Of course he has tu, it’s in the name
Show threadMinnesotaGoddamFeb 21
we don’t let tuvixen reproduce. it’s in the charter.
Show threadgrueFeb 20

Duplicating via transporter accident 👍 Merging via transporter accident 👎

Clearly, what Janeway should’ve done is Riker’d the Tuvix and then only murdered one of the copies.

Show threadSysAdminFeb 20
It appears that perhaps a transporter accident has duplicated this post…
Show threadValue SubtractedFeb 21
Our screwy Mastodon federation strikes again…
Show threada_non_monotonic_functionFeb 22
So that leaves one to take apart so you can make more?
Show threadMinnesotaGoddamFeb 21
well yeah. data is an artificial human. so is tom riker (he was made artificially not having this debate). exocomps, uh, shut up. nanites and crystalline entities aren’t human, they get nanite and crystalline entity rights. and tuvixen are unique, so they don’t get rights.
Show threadhopesdeadFeb 21
Fine, call it humanoid rights.
Show threadMousePotatoDoesStuffFeb 21

Tuvix is more of a trolley problem situation.

And isn’t the crystalline entity a mass murderer or something? Idk, it’s been a while.

Show threadScubusFeb 22
As far as I can recall the entity killed a planet. It was unaware that the planet was inhabitated. Upon discovering that these meat bags are sentient, it attempted to communicate with us and we blasted it.
Show threadJi FuFeb 28
@MousePotatoDoesStuff "The good of the one, outweighs the good of the many"
Show threadJi FuFeb 28
@MousePotatoDoesStuff yep, but don't mass murders and all those on the trolly tracks deserve human rights?
Show threadTheFerrangoFeb 24
Janeway was right