Thommo wrote:Dynalon wrote:Thommo wrote:I'm not sure basing your world view off of the losing faction in a sci fi TV show is a good idea.
The borg got their arses kicked so fucking hard it was silly.
I already talked about this. The Borg
only lose because of artistic license. And this shows
in the real world, because,
in the real world, (typically military) research projects to improve human ability are already very
positively Borg-like, with terms like "thought helmet" already being thrown around seriously by the US Army. You need only scroll up to see this and if you need anything else, I'm here for you!
Yes, you already expressed that delusion. You don't need to repeat it.
The borg don't exist. Everything about them is artistic license. And "in the real world" there is no military project that converts humans into a hive mind or anything of the sort, despite a history of hundreds of trillions (by current value) of investment into militaries.
So I assume you're 100% A-OK with the idea of "thought helmets" and the like and you have no ethical qualms around devoting funds and research talent to the same? After all, they're
only committing themselves to a
delusion. On that note, the following is a passage from an entirely non-fiction book, namely
The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency, by journalist Annie Jacobsen:
"As we walk the corridors looking at artwork and photographs of weapons systems adorning the Pentagon’s walls, our group expands, as does the conversation about science fact and science fiction. One officer says he has a poster of the Cigarette Smoking Man hanging on his office wall. Another says that for an office social event, his defense group made baseball caps with
Skynet written across the front. Science fiction is a powerful force. Because of the fictional work of Carter and Hurd, many sound-minded people take seriously at least two significant science-fiction concepts: that (as in
The Terminator) artificially intelligent machines could potentially outsmart their human creators and start a nuclear war, and that (as in
The X-Files) there are forces inside the government that keep certain truths secret. As a reporter, I have learned that these concepts also exist in the real world. Artificially intelligent hunter-killer robots present unparalleled potential dangers, and the U.S. government keeps dark secrets in the name of national security. I’ve also found that some of the most powerful Pentagon secrets and strategies are hidden in plain sight."
Nothing about defense researchers wearing baseball caps dedicated to Skynet is an issue for you?