There was a movie out a while back about hunters who had the opportunity to go back into time and shoot dinosaurs. The scientists involved in this technology knew exactly which dinosaur was to be killed: it was a dinosaur that had no impact on nature. During a hunting expedition, a hunter steps on a butterfly, and as a result, nature, and the subsequent emergence of man is horrifying.
Now........I have my doubts that such a thing would have happened. For one thing, the butterfly itself was not in a state of evolution. It was perfectly formed, leading me to believe there were others like it already in existence, and some were probably still pupae as butterflies cocoon in summer as well as over winter. But it's an interesting premise and I thought about it when I watched this episode.
There is a moon circling Saturn that spews water via geysers on the surface. Nasa made the determination that it will never send a probe to this moon, even though they are dying to do so. They do not want to contaminate it with life from earth.
We have no way of knowing if the Companion was a lifeform that was going through evolution. We don't even know if she was the only one. We have no idea why she wanted Cochran. In her own words, she never experienced loneliness until that dweeb Cochran showed how repulsed he was by her. I liked the episode, and still do. However, I feel that Kirk destroyed any chance of a lifeform having a chance to develop as it should have when he talked to the Companion about human love. What does Kirk know of love? Not much, because what he's really talking about is sex and she can't have sex with Cochran because she's the Companion and he's human. What does the Companion do as a result? She takes over Hedford's body and becomes human. With his words, Kirk subjected the Companion to death.
And what about Hedford's rights? Does the Companion have the right to her body just because she's dying?
Now........I have my doubts that such a thing would have happened. For one thing, the butterfly itself was not in a state of evolution. It was perfectly formed, leading me to believe there were others like it already in existence, and some were probably still pupae as butterflies cocoon in summer as well as over winter. But it's an interesting premise and I thought about it when I watched this episode.
There is a moon circling Saturn that spews water via geysers on the surface. Nasa made the determination that it will never send a probe to this moon, even though they are dying to do so. They do not want to contaminate it with life from earth.
We have no way of knowing if the Companion was a lifeform that was going through evolution. We don't even know if she was the only one. We have no idea why she wanted Cochran. In her own words, she never experienced loneliness until that dweeb Cochran showed how repulsed he was by her. I liked the episode, and still do. However, I feel that Kirk destroyed any chance of a lifeform having a chance to develop as it should have when he talked to the Companion about human love. What does Kirk know of love? Not much, because what he's really talking about is sex and she can't have sex with Cochran because she's the Companion and he's human. What does the Companion do as a result? She takes over Hedford's body and becomes human. With his words, Kirk subjected the Companion to death.
And what about Hedford's rights? Does the Companion have the right to her body just because she's dying?
The best way to frustrate a cyberbully is to ignore him.