theothersparrow

... you're going to wait for someone to self identify?

"Hey we're the enslavers, we're here to enslave people." That's what you're expecting?

Let's not forget priming a number of the remaining for inflating the prison population.

... which is the same as "forcing the remainder to work" come to think.

Damn, I wish I'd noticed this bit of context before responding.

Because we're emotional creatures first, we default to what's familiar or comfortable. Logic/critical thinking take sustained practice and a lot of effort. There's a study that suggests that many of our conscious choices are simply post-hoc rationalizations for decisions made in the unconscious.

I absolutely no longer trust anyone that insists they're naturally and perfectly logical, they are unquestionably hiding some fixation or personal opinion which--if challenged--will make them unravel in the worst fashion.

I expect that if/when that time comes, we'll see the credibility of video evidence decline.

Currently at my night job, there is video surveillance of common areas. Because of the skill and tools required in doctoring/deepfaking, there's a pretty large window in which footage could be used should it ever need to be. But when we approach the point at which doctoring/deepfakes become pedestrian or even automated, that window slims dramatically.

Depending on the speed and ease with which it can be done, we could see legitimate arguments in favor of discounting video evidence as it then becomes less reliable than eyewitness testimony (which is already notoriously unreliable).

Is your body in balance when there's an equal number of cancerous cells? Is your garden in balance with an equal amount of weeds and crops?

This question pops up seemingly regularly among fandom hubs, and it never considers that balance in The Force isn't an algebra equation. Even with the Rule of Two limiting their numbers, the Sith steadily fomented corruption, fear and misery in the Galaxy building into all out war and fascist oppression.

The Jedi's failure to respond had nothing to do with their numbers, but with their rigid adherence to dogma robbing them of the tools necessary to address the threat. Dozens of Jedi had spoken up about the rising corruption and might have been effective in fighting it were the Council not obsessed with protocol, optics and precedent--just letting Anakin access the restricted texts would have made all the difference.

Sidious was uncommonly powerful, but he didn't collapse the galaxy on his own--a string of Masters before him used a philosophy centered on aggression, deception and abuse. They take power by making things worse for others meaning their presence is a net negative for the Galaxy at large.

The Sith are a cancer, and you don't leave cancer in a body if you want it to stay healthy.

We definitely didn't get enough of his reaction to the human reveal.

Poor guy! Imagine being married to someone like his wife…

Bold of you to assume that her domineering personality isn't exactly what he likes about her.

They're like GLaDOS if she was... decent.

This guy doesn't have the lobes for Starfleet apparel.

It's such a tragic moment because both their responses were reasonable.

T'Pring is about to be Spock's wife, and it's not simply a business union--she's very much in love with him. She's eager to be his partner and keeping changes in his life from her compromises that partnership.

The thing about Spock is that up to the end of the episode he's still wrestling with the isolation that being bi-racial has come with--he's aware that T'Pring should be let in but emotionally he's never come around to that, having grown up at odds with other Vulcans.

What saddens me is that if Spock had communicated how his status affects his approach to full-blooded Vulcans (indeed if had even known to communicate it), I have no doubt T'Pring would have been much more forgiving... alas we sometimes figure out ourselves too late.

So wouldn’t a human Spock (with biologically human nature, but the nurture that Spock carries from his life experience being raised as a Vulcan) actually be super rational and logical?

I reasoned that whatever tools Spock employed failed for one of two reasons:

1. Vulcan responses to emotion are extreme: surprise isn't just surprise it's abject terror, happiness isn't just happiness but absolute mf hype, disappointment is more like a spiral of depression. Since human response to emotion is much more measured by comparison, he'd need time to recalibrate... time he didn't have.

2. The procedure that removed his hybrid nature removed whatever moderation was done to him. As a normal human he may not even have a katra anymore, so it's possible that whatever physiological changes that take place after kolinar aren't there because not all of the physiology is there.