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Nerds of equal standing. (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by Pharmacokinetics@lemmy.world to c/risa@startrek.website

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[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago (24 children)

I've never understood this rift... I like Star Trek and Star Wars. Can't we just agree that we're all sci-fi nerds?

[–] Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

Star Wars is actually fantasy though.

The force is literally magic

[–] JWBananas@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As opposed to Q?

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I mean it's implied that Q is just from a super advanced civilisation, rather than being innately magic. One of the first things we learn from Q is that he believes humanity has a chance of being a society that will some day be on the same level as them.

IMO the Q are presented as more of a Clarke's Third Law ("Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic") kinda thing. Think about how the Mintakans view Picard in the episode Who Watches the Watchers - they view him as being a magical, god-like being, due to them looking at him through the lense of a primative society. That's how the Q are meant to appear to us.

The Force in Star Wars is never presented that way. It's literally just a magical force that you can either tap into, or you cannot.

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