• 14th_cylon@lemm.ee
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    21 hours ago

    I don’t think that’s contradictory at all though.

    Geordi wanted to be able to see [naturally], but his visor is superior to human eyes in that it can see things that humans can’t naturally see.

    we are nitpicking here, but if i amputate your hand and stitch can opener at its end, you can now do something normal human hand cannot, but i don’t think anyone would call that superior, or prefer it to their own hand.

    if geordi decided that after considering all factors, he would rather have normal eyes, then that is definition of “not superior” to me.

    and just a reminder that this is the extraordinary experience we are talking about. i am definitely choosing my eyes 😆

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      16 hours ago

      I mean a can opener is very different, no? Or at least it is when I try to put myself in those shoes.

      A can opener can open cans but nothing more. Sure you gain one piece of functionality, but you lose others.

      Geordi’s visor was a bit different in that he could see the visible light spectrum, but also a bunch of other stuff.

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        12 hours ago

        bit different in that he could see the visible light spectrum

        he could not: https://i.imgur.com/dlVpyIo.mp4

        would you want to see like that? i mean if you were born blind and this was your only option, it is definitely better than nothing, but other than that, it is hard no from me.