While I very much enjoy both Star Trek and Star Wars for their sense of its futuristic depiction of humanity, taking place on various planets and worlds, full with a sense of wonder and excitement, the one thing I don't like about both of them is its favoritism of machines over human beings. For example, in Star Trek: The Next Generation during Picard's academy years, he is severely injured when he engages in a fight between three Nausicaans, where one of them stabs him in the back, severely injuring his heart, forcing him to be fitted with an artificial heart. In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Nog's leg is shot by one of the Jem'Hadar soldiers and Dr. Bashir is forced to amputate it, and Nog is later fitted with a prosthetic leg. In Star Wars: Attack of the Clones and The Empire Strikes Back, both Anakin and Luke loses their good hand in lightsaber duels and are fitted with mechanical hands. The thing is, both universes have established that they have cloning technology and both had their wars against this technology, for instance, in Star Trek it was the Eugenics War and in Star Wars it was the Clone Wars. But despite their dark history with cloning technology, why were these aforementioned characters never fitted with clone limbs as opposed to mechanical ones? Picard, Anakin, and Luke appear to like having mechanical limbs or parts, particularly Luke when he receives his new mechanical hand, even though it looks indistinguishable from a real hand and has sensors that enable him to feel cold, heat, and pain. With the exception of Nog, none of them has ever felt initially uncomfortable about having an artificial limb or part.
To me, this represents the coldness of both Star Trek and Star Wars. In fact, I'm surprised that that both universes never had a cybernetic war, particularly in Star Trek (that is, before they encountered the Borg). And even after the Federation encounters the Borg, why didn't they feel a little bit concerned about Data becoming like a potential Borg after their ordeal with them? Anyway, this led me to think that both universes favors more the machine than the man. If I were Picard, Nog, Anakin, or Luke, I would very much prefer to have a clone limb instead of a cold mechanical limb. Just leave the mechanical limbs and parts for constructing androids, not people because it sounds inhuman and cruel. Cloning technology is now a reality and even though its in its infancy, it shows great promise to provide people with lost limbs. In science fiction, people have often worried about cloning technology and the potential dangers of having an army full of cloned soldiers, but personally, I find an army of cybernetic beings to be far more frightening than cloned soldiers because they are machines. Cloning is no different than identical twins when they are born. I prefer cloning technology to cybernetics because we could reach a point where our machines could eventually turn against us like in Ron Moore's Battlestar Galactica. I just pray that this never happens because this causes me great concern. Am I the only one who feels this way?
To me, this represents the coldness of both Star Trek and Star Wars. In fact, I'm surprised that that both universes never had a cybernetic war, particularly in Star Trek (that is, before they encountered the Borg). And even after the Federation encounters the Borg, why didn't they feel a little bit concerned about Data becoming like a potential Borg after their ordeal with them? Anyway, this led me to think that both universes favors more the machine than the man. If I were Picard, Nog, Anakin, or Luke, I would very much prefer to have a clone limb instead of a cold mechanical limb. Just leave the mechanical limbs and parts for constructing androids, not people because it sounds inhuman and cruel. Cloning technology is now a reality and even though its in its infancy, it shows great promise to provide people with lost limbs. In science fiction, people have often worried about cloning technology and the potential dangers of having an army full of cloned soldiers, but personally, I find an army of cybernetic beings to be far more frightening than cloned soldiers because they are machines. Cloning is no different than identical twins when they are born. I prefer cloning technology to cybernetics because we could reach a point where our machines could eventually turn against us like in Ron Moore's Battlestar Galactica. I just pray that this never happens because this causes me great concern. Am I the only one who feels this way?
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