233. The View from Nowhere & Aliens
Channel: THUNK
Date: 2022-12-14

In Star Trek: The Next Generation, Q is a bit of a puzzle - on the one hand, he's an incomprehensibly intelligent being from outside time & space. On the other hand, he's incredibly aggravating & petty. One might say that, with such phenomenal insight, he should be more objective...but what does that mean, exactly?

- Links for the Curious -

https://philarchive.org/archive/KAWMLI 

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9780429497391/screening-sacred-joel-martin?refId=c66dca0b-6ce4-4651-be22-0da37df14bdd&context=ubx

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0263276419851846 

https://vdocument.in/science-and-the-sacred-cosmos-the-ideological-rhetoric-of-as-carl-sagan.html?page=1 

https://docslib.org/doc/5391220/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-1950s-sci-fi-religion-and-the-alien-messiah 

http://www.chakoteya.net/NextGen/101.htm

http://www.chakoteya.net/NextGen/277.htm 

(23) Q tries to thank the Enterprise crew Star Trek TNG (HD) - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl2nJQrpksc

(23) First encounter with the Borg | Star Trek TNG - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UolX8swBJHc