Welcome to another episode of the To Baldly Go Podcast. As usual, I am joined again this week by my wife, Abbie, and our friend Nate as we discuss:
Star Trek: The Original Series episodes: This Side of Paradise, The Devil in the Dark, and Errand of Mercy
ChatGPT for philosophy
3rd-level Star Trek analysis – talking about what ChatGPT says about episodes!
Colonies in Star Trek
Was Kirk immune because he was angry?
What is life without ambition, wants, challenge?
Do we need to have ambition to survive?
Lack of ambition pulling others down
Cordyceps
Biologically, what is happening with the spores?
Are we overthinking this?
Stories with underlying meanings, intended or not
Why intense emotions broke the spell of the spores
Revisiting our scoring system
The Tricorder is basically a smart phone
Spock should not be a gun safety instructor. Trigger discipline is lacking!
Mines from Stardew Valley
Hero’s Journey. Character change in Kirk
ChatGPT says 1 thing about the episode in 5 different ways
Spock doesn’t want to explain his theories without data to back it up
Similar episodes in different series
Preconceived notions
Mind meld from distance?
Phaser differentiation
The Prime Directive and imperfect information
Who gets to decide who is in control?
Two sides of the same coin?
Klingons and Federation become friends?
Automatic deflector shields
A Vietnam allegory?
Realizing that we draw many of the same conclusions as ChatGPT
Personal freedom as the highest of virtues
What is worth fighting for?
The United Federation of Planets
Until next time – Never give up! Never surrender!