Is A Star Trek Future Actually Possible?

Hello and welcome to Future Imperfect I'm your

host Steve Megatron Phillips and joining me in

this endeavor into the great beyond of the final

frontier is It is I Mike the Birdman Dodd your

captain But not the commander of this boat that

honor goes to Admiral Steve Phillips. Yes So

yes, we are back here on future imperfect and

in this episode of future imperfect gonna take

a little bit of a break from giving you the hard

facts about Star Trek, but kind of talk about

things as we perceive them. To be so the opinions

expressed in this episode are those of the participants

and not necessarily those of the geek cash radio

network or this week in geek net basically there

are things in this where Steve and I may agree

and may disagree and where you the audience may

agree or disagree with us as We move forwards.

I kind of see this as a charged episode as you

may as you may think because it is 2018 Things

are changing in the world. It is the 21st century

and that means we are moving forward socially,

politically, economically, technologically. The

human race is at a crux point right now. We're

literally, we kind of stand at an interesting

impasse in terms of where we want to take the

future. Given the current administration in the

United States, it's moving towards a more conservative

view of the world, basically more privates. Companies

stuff like that as far as I understand it now.

I am Canadian I may get some things wrong here

But from what I see from what I get from the

news and being involved in the news business

myself And I know someone out there is shouting

fake news, but some of us reporters do check

our sources And that's not to say that's not

not necessarily a bad thing some conservative

things are good as some liberal things But when

you look at through the lens of Star Trek Star

Trek is a very liberal world, where you see everybody's

treated equal, there is no war, there is no poverty,

there is no - There's no war as far as within

- The Federation. The Federation. Yeah. But there

is war in that universe. Yeah, there is war in

that universe, but when you look at the idealistic

side of the Federation, basically here on Earth,

there's no war, there's no famine. And the United

Federation of Planets does have a council made

up of different races, sort of like a more futuristic

United Nations. And you kind of look at the current

political situation on Earth with the United

Nations, with the Canadian government, the US

government, presidents like Trump and our Prime

Minister Justin Trudeau, who could not be, I

guess, if you really want to compare them, really,

really, really different. Whereas Trudeau represents

the Liberal Party. and a liberal sort of mindset,

and Trump represents the Republican, more conservative

side of the coin. I would kind of argue that

he kind of beats to his own drum. Yeah, he's

very, he's a different Republican than I've ever

seen before. I wouldn't even categorize him.

I think he ran as a Republican so he could run

opposite of Hillary, honestly. I don't think

that there was, I think that he's kind of a loose

cannon. So it's different ideals. Different ideals.

I think he's got the term of gender fluid. I

think he's mental fluid, meaning that whatever

suits him at that given point. And that's different.

And so he's... Because I'm conservative, I'm

Christian, I'm... My mentalities are, you know,

there's two genders, like... Yeah, you can be,

you know, gay or lesbian. That that's not anything.

I'm I don't believe in it, but I don't have any

problem with anybody that is. Mm hmm. I like

I'm not going to push my ideals on someone else,

you know, to each their own. Like if you're interested

and you come to me, that's different. Like, but

I'm not going to push my my beliefs on someone

else. Yeah. Whereas we're like mice. I'm sorry.

Oh, sorry. And in like, as far as like Trump's

concerned, I wouldn't consider him a conservative

or a liberal. I would consider him just just

out there. Yeah. So I wouldn't see very much

his own thing. Yeah. I wouldn't see him as a

true representation of an actual conservative.

OK. Yeah. Just because that's something I think

he is is more that more pence. Yeah. Yes. And

you look and to bring this into the realm of

Star Trek. That's a viewpoint in the future you

don't necessarily see. And you kind of wonder,

because as we move forward in the future, you

do see people, people want that Star Trek future,

but you look at the average American, so to speak,

and a lot of them are talking. And from what

I understand, a good chunk of people still support

Trump, though. you have to wonder, will that

mindset survive into the future? Is that just

a thing that is a byproduct of our parents' generation

and maybe parts of ours? As you move towards

the future and technology becomes a bigger part

of our lives and you look at the things that

are more on the liberal mindset of things, like

you talked about LGBTQ, transgender rights, even

societal equalities, like with men and women

being equal in the workforce. That's something

in Star Trek. It's just seen as a thing. Men

and women serve aboard starships. There is no

sex. They just are. You're a captain. You're

a commander. You're a lieutenant. You're your

job. Yeah, exactly. You're seen as your title.

And things are changing now, because like I said,

like. And honestly, like we're kind of I kind

of agree with you as far as like the work stuff's

concerned, like I. don't see any logical reason

why there hasn't been equality in that realm.

Like, yeah, it just doesn't make sense to me.

Anybody that's, you know, everybody has the same.

I mean, yeah, you have different gender parts,

but the brain works the same. Yeah. I mean, we're

all the same mentally. I mean, I mean, we're

all we're all human. Yeah, exactly. We're all

people. And when you look at Star Trek, it has

embraced that. And it seems to be after the Third

World War happens and after the Vulcans come

to Earth, we have this period of enlightenment.

And obviously, right now, everybody's fighting

with each other. And I consider myself very liberal

-minded, very pro -choice, very pro... My mentality

and mindset is you can be whatever you choose

to be as long as you're not hurting anybody.

Love is love, and everybody deserves a chance.

And that mentality is fine, but the problem we

have in America, whereas it's not prevalent anywhere

else, is that they resort to violence to achieve,

or put -downs to achieve the means. And it's

primarily, you're seeing more of it on the liberal

side, and then you've got the the ones that need

to be like mental slapped with, you know, I don't

know, some kind of a mallet from a Looney Tunes

commercial or cartoon that are on the far other

side of the spectrum that need to be beaten,

you know? Yeah. I mean, both sides have extremes

and both sides have some utterly ridiculous arguments.

And I kind of wonder And that's basically the

point of this episode, not to debate current

politics, but to look at how we're evolving.

Will we get there? The funny thing that you bring

this up is I actually watched a TNG episode this

past week and I've watched a number of them.

They, you know, kind of depending on how things

go at the time. And it also depends on the writer,

but TNG, I felt had the best of both worlds as

far as their leanings on decisions. There were

instances where you got some liberalism on Picard's

behalf, and you got some instances that were

conservative on Picard's behalf based on his

dealings with tribunals, trials, and people in

the higher up of the federation. Mm -hmm. And

so, you know, I watched an episode where it was

Journey's End where Wesley Crusher was coming

back to the Enterprise only to leave with the

Traveler. And then you had the forced relocation

of, you know, the Native Americans that were,

you know, the Indians that went to this particular

planet that the Federation was giving to the

Cardassians. And Picard didn't feel right with

it and yet was being forced to. And then things

kind of played out on their own to where they

kind of saved themselves but And then there's

other episodes where you've got like the the

drumhead trials where the the lady was on a witch

hunt for Picard and anybody else You know using

wharf and using everybody else to say that there

was all these people out to get these people

and you know, it was kind of Our society is directly

reflecting things. We saw in TNG 30 years ago,

which Shows that there may still be hope Yeah,

I mean I'm hoping things change. I mean Unfortunately

in the news recently there was that guy out of

Austin who that domestic terrorist bomber and

I can't but help think of Other terrorists we've

seen in Star Trek homegrown terrorists. Obviously

the guy in Austin was nuts but domestic terrorism

sometimes has a basis in, well, they're taking

our homes, what are we gonna do? And you look

at the situation with immigration. In Star Trek,

it's not so much a big deal, but you look at

something like the Maquis, people being forced

off their planets, stuff like that, and the given

to the Cardassians, rebels and guerrillas kinda

coming up. And it kinda paints Star Trek in a

whole new light. Like you said, it reflects things

that were happening 30 years ago. And one thing

Star Trek seems to be very welcoming of is immigration.

Like, you look at the integration of species

on different ships. On every Star Trek series,

we've seen an alien on board. Well, like TNG,

you get Worf, the first Klingon in the Federation,

and then you get Data, the first Android, although

somewhat retconned now with Discovery. But you

get data who they're basically welcoming as just

another member of the crew, another actual person,

which Picard fought numerous times for his rights.

And then you get Voyager where Janeway is fighting

for the AMH's rights. Another thing you could

bring up, I guess, looking at this is Chikote

was a member of the Maquis and reformed. So just

because you were a bad guy once doesn't necessarily

mean you'll stay a bad guy. I'm not saying all

terrorists can be reformed, but you know, all

people are people, right? I guess as long as

they didn't kill anybody, I guess. The thing

about Voyager, though, is you had two kind of

warring tribes of difference of opinions, but

when it came down to it, they could work together.

Yeah, and I guess that... And put everything

aside and grow collectively. Maybe that's what

I'm trying to say. So I kind of take back what

I just said. When people, like you said, or people

are put on opposite sides, sometimes they can

work together for the greater good. So completely

disregard what I said about the whole terrorist

thing. But it's interesting to see how things

are, like I said, evolving now, where we're having

these conversations about immigration, we're

having these conversations about equality. Like

I said, we brought up sexuality and gender fluidity

now. Whatever your opinions are, are on that

they are valid. And that's something about Star

Trek that I think has always been a thing. If

your opinions aren't hurting anybody, you'll

be listened to. I mean, you your opinions won't

be shouted down by either side. Just as long

as your opinion isn't, I guess, grossly offensive,

you know what I mean? Or if you're making a logical

case, like I watched this drumhead trials and

this lady, this admiral or ambassador is just

screaming at Picard and the most irate accusations

that were just off the wall and Picard just sitting

there and just waiting for her to finish. And

then he just calmly gives his retort and then

he stops while she explodes at him. And, you

know, if only everyone could handle every situation

like Picard. And I think at some point, we're

all going to have to have that conversation.

I mean, when you look at the current military

situation in the world right now, it's not a

happy one. And the people that are in charge

of the doomsday clock, whether you believe in

that or not, have inched the clock closer to

midnight. It's a very tense situation now with

the threat of nuclear war being a realistic thing.

But I firmly believe I really I really really

think this I Think everybody can have that point

where we are well where we can sit down and have

a conversation is Kim Jong -un nuts maybe But

he also probably doesn't want to die So I'm kind

of hoping there'll be a conversation at some

point. I'm supposed to be Yeah, I mean, that's

the thing though Star Trek inspires hope And

the world right now is in a really interesting

place where it can be really hope because you

look For example, and I don't want to start a

pro or anti -gun argument right now. I'm using

this as an example only Recently there was a

there was an anti -gun march thing was called

March for our lives Not too recently like last

weekend or something. Yeah, and hundreds of thousands

of kids showed up and you think about that if

a If people can listen and be informed, that

says something. That gives me hope that the younger

generation, not the generation that eats Tide

Pods, because I'll admit, there's some idiots

in there too, that if they can organize and do

that, maybe that says something. On the opposite

side of that coin, some of the gun people have

some valid points too, because there has to be

an informed conversation. If this conversation

happened in Star Trek, like you said, If we could

all be like Picard You've had your say I will

have my say and in the middle. We'll find a compromise

and I think that's what Star Trek gives me hope

for is that we will have a conversation as a

one people Because right now the problem is we're

also divided over Are we progress? Are we conservative?

Are we liberal? Are we male? Are we female? We

don't have a conversation as people It's we find

a way to divide ourselves if we can find that

moment of I'm gonna call it clarity Maybe there

is a hope for us to do something great and I'm

not saying it all has to be sunshine roses and

hippiness But I really think there's a genuine

point for humanity to come out and do something

wonderful do something really truly great and

I think with the leaders that are in the world

right now it is possible if we all talk and do

something. I mean, our presidents, our prime

ministers, our kings and queens, they promise

a lot of things to us. And if it wasn't always

about currying political favor or making power

plays or cloak and dagger, if I don't know, I

guess this is my hope and my dream. If Star Trek

has taught me anything, like I just finished

saying, it gives me hope. If everyone could just

sit down and shut up for five minutes and talk,

maybe something truly great could come out of

this. I mean, just because right now, the planet's

in trouble. Whether you believe it or not, be

it man -made trouble, environmental, or God knows

what else, I'm not saying aliens are coming,

despite what Stephen Hawking might say. May he

rest in peace. But Star Trek kind of gave us

a blueprint for the future that through cooperation,

conversation, technology, we can accomplish something

amazing. And I don't think we've seen the greatest

yet. Because people always talk about the civilizations

in decline look at the stupidity on both sides

of the argument Which you said be it liberal

conservative or whatever? There's just so so

much divisiveness in everything whether it's

social media whether it's in The shows we watch

whether it's because like I mean look at every

show. There's a faction. There's always there's

always a line in the sand, there's always somebody

conflicting with somebody. And so I think that

partially a lot of this argumentativeness is

built in to us into our DNA based on what we

watch. Exactly. I mean, stuff like that can can

really divide us. But I don't think it has to.

But I think the conversation has got to start

somewhere. And I think I wish I knew more about

him, but I know some of his quotes, and I always

think of Martin Luther King. I think of JFK,

for example, and I know those people probably

couldn't be more different. Well, I wouldn't

say that they're different. I would say that

they both strived for... A lot of the same things.

It's just that over time and depending on who's

retelling it It's like the game telephone. It's

it's just it gets distorted along the way by

somebody else Yeah, but I think that the the

actual intention from everybody is just to have

a peaceful Conversation. Yeah, and not and not

have this this giant you know, worldwide pissing

contest with each other. I mean, one of the great

quotes, and I always think of Star Trek with

this too, is ask not what you can do for your

country, or ask not what your country can do

for you, but what you can do for your country.

And that brings up the economy. And obviously

there's a huge wealth divide between poor, middle

class, rich, the upper 1%, whatever. And should

you... be given what you work for? Absolutely.

If you work hard, you should be rewarded for

it. But not at the expense of other people, so

to speak. And Star Trek's economy is nobody goes

without. It's like I don't know quite how it

functions. Like it looks like officers in Starfleet

don't technically get paid in the way that we

understand it. But they're given whatever they

need, pretty much whatever they want. I'm not

saying Picard has a mansion somewhere, but he

might. He's got a vineyard. Riker's got a pretty

nice setup. I mean, Deanna Troy looks like she

lives pretty comfortable on earth. So that's

a problem that has to be solved is the economic

divide. And that's one thing that makes me wonder

if we'll ever get the Star Trek. And it's a basic

human problem. It comes down to greed. And people

always bitch about, well, I don't wanna give

my tax dollars to so -and -so. Well, that reminds

me of another TNG episode where they found sleeper

pods from the 20th century from these people

that ended up going on the Enterprise -D. And

they had a couple of different. people with different

belief systems and you know the one guy's like

I was rich I had myself locked up in this you

know so I could survive and he's like where's

my bank account and where's you know this and

that and they're all like we have no need of

material possessions we have no you know money

doesn't mean the same as what it means for you

you know and and these guys were just like like

what do you mean you don't have anything you

know and So it was just, it was entertaining

to watch it, you know, how we, we strive over

frivolous crap and then, you know, in the grand

scheme of things, it doesn't mean anything compared

to being with your fellow man, you know. Yeah.

And that kind of makes me wonder, that's probably

going to be one of the biggest stumbling blocks

to get towards the Star Trek future is the basic

economy, conquering human greed. So to speak.

And like I said, hard work should be rewarded.

Absolutely. But not at the expense of someone

else. I think we're already starting to head

in that direction with with the ownership of

things. Because when you think about it, like

sales are down for just about everything. You

know, toy sales, you know, physical media sales,

like it's people just aren't spending the money

on it anymore. And so. I think that one it's

you know, it's a cost thing two people can't

afford it and three I think that people are just

they just don't care to collect it anymore Yeah,

exactly because it just takes up space I mean

because I mean look at Picard, you know even

in the episode where the Ferengi give him the

the stargazer he has a single basically like

Suitcase chest of some of his belongings on it

and that's it Yeah, because he can just replicate

whatever he needs that's in the ship. The ship

is quote unquote, his. It's a shared space. And

it creates matter from nothing. And whenever

he's done with something, it gets recycled. Yep.

And that's another thing too. That's another

thing that Star Trek and us here on Earth right

now are gonna have to address resource management

because the planet's running out of fossil fuels.

Well, funny you should say that. I was doing

a little bit of digging and I like to collect

any type of technology news that I find. They've

discovered that carbon nanotubes almost make

Star Trek replicators real. Yeah, we actually

covered this on Twig a couple of weeks ago. The

technology is probably about 20 years off, but

if this could revolutionize how houses are built,

you could 3D print houses, you could change how

steel is manufactured. There's so much potential

in this that industrial replicators on a large

scale are realistically possible. And that's

going to change how the job sector works, too.

And that's another thing, too. Star Trek doesn't

address so much, but it's definitely hinted around

automation. Utopia Planitia probably has people

working how to build starships. But excuse me,

I'm going to gather a large chunk of that's probably

automated. Oh, I definitely think so. Yeah. And

with automation comes the loss of human jobs.

But that also means They'll have to be smarter

engineers to help design things for the future.

But that also means the common jobs will be filled

as well. So once again, looking at the Star Trek

world economy, people will be able to pursue

whatever they want, whether they want to be an

artist, whether they want to be a writer, or

if they're just happy doing your own thing. You

know what I mean? There's no penalty for that.

And I kind of hope that's the way it happens,

because one belief I've always held as a child

is that you should live to be more than a paycheck.

I don't like that idea. That's why I've chosen

the entertainment business, because I like to

entertain people. I like to consider what we

do, you and I, Steve, infotainment. We give you

information, but we entertain you at the same

time. I hope over the course of the Geekcast

Radio Network's life and This Week in Geek's

life that we've done that. And in Star Trek,

we could do this. We would be entertainers, so

to speak, the bards of old, ye olde wandering

minstrel, so to speak, in the world of Star Trek.

And it would be okay because other things would

take up that or people who want to work will.

Some people find... fulfillment in being for

example a janitor or a teacher or I'm trying

to think let me whether jobs guy who fixes the

shuttlecraft stuff like that you know what I

mean or people just for example you could be

a dad in Star Trek and no one's gonna look look

at you sideways twice It just is. And I hope

that's a society we can work towards. I'm not

saying everyone's gonna be sitting around playing

on their iPods and money just rolls in, but once

again, the economic problem is something we gotta

solve at some point. We'll figure that out. Technology,

as I was kind of hinting at, is gonna change

how things. how things work as well. As you mentioned,

carbon nanotubes, we talk about nanomachines,

machines that fight cancer, machines or medicines

that help people live longer. That's a question

that's gonna have to come up sooner or later

too, is let's say the average human lifespan

increases to say 120 years, right? That's gonna

bring up a population question. How do we sustain

the population we have that continues to grow

by X amount of people per year? We're gonna have

to leave Earth sooner or later. And that means

branching out into the solar system, be it going

to IO, going to Mars, for example. There's even

talk that the cloud tops on Venus have a habitable

zone. There could even be like stuff beyond our

wildest imaginations out there, but we gotta

get there first. And we're gonna have to do that

too. We can't be concentrating on Kim Kardashian's

ass or what stupid thing did the president do

today. it has to be a collective push as humanity.

Because - Well, it's like the drive to have the

new spaceships that are flying into, you know,

the SpaceX ships that are going into space and

- Yeah, Elon Musk and all that. Yeah, I mean,

you have to almost have somebody that's kind

of a visionary kind of pushing that stuff. And

I was reading something the other day, too, that

they've theorized a way to create warp drive.

Yeah, and that's something that the sciences

are starting to pursue more because I think more

and more people are starting to take space Colonization

as a real thing plus asteroid mining. I know

Elon Musk has talked about that before I know

Hawking before he died had said humanity has

to get off this planet in the next hundred years

Otherwise, it's game over and if you can't believe

what was likely one of the smartest men ever

to live Then who are you gonna listen to? I don't

think that it's yeah, I don't think that it's

it's gonna be in the next hundred years However,

I do think that they need to get the show on

the road if they're planning to go that direction

Yeah, I mean now is the time. I mean we have

the technology People are working towards it

people want it That that would create a whole

new sector of jobs create so much more opportunities

for mankind Although, realistically, there's

gonna be casualties, but such is the cost of

exploration. When people came over to North America

the first time around, it wasn't easy. So going

to Mars, going out to these planets isn't gonna

be easy, but thinking for the future of where

the human race eventually has to go, I'm excited

for the possibilities, despite all our differences

that we have today. right here in 2018, I'm still

hopeful. I do not think the world's gonna end

at the push of a nuclear button. I genuinely

think we're gonna get off this planet and we're

gonna see things. I really do. I really think

we'll escape the solar system in the next couple

of hundred years. It sucks that we won't be alive

to see it. Yeah, that's kind of the boat. I mean,

there's one sci -fi universe that makes me so

sad that I'll never see. And it's not Star Trek,

as cool as that would be. I always think to Mass

Effect and how just one big discovery of the

Promethean archive on Mars jumped technology

ahead by like a thousand years or whatever. There's

probably, there's a moment, there's somebody

on this planet right now that holds such knowledge

that could jump us ahead just by leaps and bounds.

We just gotta find this people or this team of

people out there, or give them the resources

they need to jump us ahead. Because I don't believe

anything's truly impossible. Like you talked

about the warp drive. Is that possible? I think

NASA said it is. They said it is theoretically.

The kind of interesting part is there was a quote

from, funny enough, Captain Kirk. And I kind

of cut the bottom half of his quote, and I used

it for our placard for the USS Future Imperfect,

our SFI chapter. And I thought that it was kind

of fitting. There's no such thing as the unknown,

only things temporarily hidden, temporarily not

understood. That's a great way to sum things

up. I mean, it really is. Because we don't know

what the future's going to hold. All we know

is the here and right now. And we can accomplish

great things. We have accomplished great things.

Every nation on this planet has something to

be proud of. And I think if we recognize that,

we're gonna make it the Star Trek one way or

another. Are we gonna have phasers, photon torpedoes,

and tell rights? Probably not. But are we gonna

see wonders beyond imagination? Absolutely. If

we can just stop and talk with each other, if

we can, instead of raising a fist, shake a hand,

offer a hug, or even just a listening ear when

someone's angry or upset. And it's kind of funny

you bring this topic up. I kind of vaguely talked

about a little bit of this on Future Imperfect,

or not Future Imperfect, Altered Geek on Tuesday.

We had an episode where, I mean granted, I say

we, I meant me. I talked about falling out of

fandoms, but it was more so out of the fact that

it's gotten so toxic Being in any fandom like

it's And it doesn't matter what you're into there's

always going to be toxic people kind of tagging

along But I was more so saying that I just I

will no longer participate in the conversations

when it goes that direction because One, it's

not worth the energy, and two, I'm not gonna

let somebody drag me down the same rat hole.

And so that was kind of... I would rather have

a mutual conversation of differences of opinion

than have a full -blown argument and throwing

shade, as it were, at each other. Yeah, I mean,

I'm very much the same way. I mean, for example...

My Facebook page, for those of you that are friends

of mine and are fans, it turns into quite the

dumpster fire. But I never shut down either side

because each side deserves to be heard. Whether

that side is right or wrong is not for me to

determine. It's to engage the conversation. Does

that conversation get ugly? Yes. Did this episode

start out a little rough? Yes. But at the same

time, whatever you have to say, we want to hear.

We just don't want to get dragged into an argument

like Captain Picard did. We'll listen and give

you a measured response. Because as officers

of the USS Future Imperfect, we have a duty to

represent Starfleet in a certain way. And I think

that kind of comes to representing the podcast

in its own way, too, to always engage in meaningful

conversation. Don't feed the trolls. Such as

it were but if you have a valid complaint or

concern or a viewpoint Let's hear it because

if you feel that passionately about something

then you clearly have something to say and if

you have something to say Maybe you'll listen.

Maybe you won't but regardless you'll be heard

and that's something that I've always wanted

to encourage amongst everybody is always be willing

to listen and with the placard on our ship. I

think that sums it up quite nicely. How did that

go, Steve? There's no such thing as the unknown,

only things temporarily hidden, temporarily not

understood. And I think that kind of sums it

up. The future is not known, is not understood,

but I think we should remain hopeful for it.

So I guess that kind of brings to a close to

this rather interesting change of pace for Future

Imperfect. Hopefully you guys have enjoyed this

conversation over the course of the last half

hour plus. Once again, we invite your questions,

comments, and whatever you guys have to say.

If you have a different view of the future, Tell

me how you think it's going to go. Do you think

we're going to get the Star Trek? Do you think

parts of it will make it there? Or do you think

we'll end up like Battlestar Galactica or Mad

Max or something? And Steve, if people wanted

to participate with the show, how would they

go about doing that? Probably the best way would

be to access it on the Twitters. They can either

use at AlteredGeek or at Future Warped for this

show specifically, but at AlteredGeek is where

it gets published from. There's also my Twitter

at scp21. Yep, and you can find me at birdman.

I always engage with anybody who asks me on Twitter,

as long as you're not a douchebag. I always like

hearing from people and Star Trek is quickly

becoming a new passion of mine. So hopefully

you people will continue to feed this passion

for the future that we will hopefully see at

some point. Cause I want my replicator not to

build things. I want a food replicator cause

I'm a fat bastard. I just want one just so that

I don't have to go buy food. But anyway, that's

going to do it. That's going to do it for us

here on the USS Future Imperfect. Hopefully,

you have enjoyed our show. Once again, we do

welcome your participation in any form that it

comes in. So for Future Imperfect, we have been

Steve Megatron Phillips. And I have been your

captain, Mike the Birdman Dodd, saying live long

and prosper.