Resistance is futile!
It's like the idea of living in the matrix.
What is so wrong with living in the matrix?
We would lose individuality.
No more drama!
No more drama!I'm more into Action/Comedy.
Frankly, my question was, after assimilating a thousand worlds, they absorbed ZERO marketing talent whatsoever? A little work on messaging and look and species would line up to join them
Man, what are you guys smoking? I don't want any of that, thanks.
Individuality and free choice are tantamount to being human, which I'd much rather be than part of a "machine". Unless this whole thread is a joke and I've had a real "swoosh" moment.
Anyway, true innovation and research requires creativity and intuition, which are lost in a "borg" scenario, the only advances come through assimilation of existing data. It's a dead end.
lovely fellas,
what the **** are you talking about?
BORG is stupid. The keeping of biological matter makes no sense, when you could simply absorb the consciousness and place it in a 100% cybernetic android body. With the consciousness also being cloud based so to speak, you also become effectively immortal. Really there is only need to load yourself into an android when only something that needs to be performed in a physical manner is required, such as mechanical repairs. The rest of the time could easily be spent in some kind of 'matrix' like construct.
Well the best argument to resisting assimilation by the Borg is tp4tissue himself. The collective Borg mind would actually improve his fart-brain inanity. But everybody else would be robbed of their personality, individuality, character, intelligence, and creativity. The Borg does not give, they take. You lose, they win. The only way to gain a personality by joining the Borg would be if you had no personality to lose in the first place. In which case you would actually gain some positive personality, because you would able to free-load off of all the other smart, creative and interesting people that have been assimilated before you.
As for the Borg's lack of marketing skills, that is the point of the show. The collective mind is a muddled mish-mash of the lowest common denominators in human personality and evolution. You are basically being mixed in with a bunch of tp4's, and you will be the loser in that mix. It's like mixing 10 grams of caviar with 10,000 kg of feces. How will that stew taste? And there is no way to convince people the dish is appetizing, no matter how slick your ad campaign is.
It's not about true freedom. It's about what we call "freedom" maybe free will is the better word. It's easy to think that if you were to assimilated, what we know of as "freedom" today would be irrelevant. But what I know today is precisely what would make me NOT want to assimilate. Regardless of what would happen after assimilation, the question is would I resist NOW. the answer is Yes, of course.
I wouldnt be assimilated simply on the grounds that they dont ever do anything outside of exist. If you ever see a borg theres like a 100% chance that it will be standing somewhere in a vaguely menacing manner.
You never see the borg play sports, party, rip *****in guitar solos, bang chicks, do some awesome space gymkhana, or even just chill.
Its just this.Show Image(http://www.startrek.com/legacy_media/images/200303/tng-252-a-horde-of-borg-comes/320x240.jpg)Just sorta standing around.
Well the best argument to resisting assimilation by the Borg is tp4tissue himself. The collective Borg mind would actually improve his fart-brain inanity. But everybody else would be robbed of their personality, individuality, character, intelligence, and creativity. The Borg does not give, they take. You lose, they win. The only way to gain a personality by joining the Borg would be if you had no personality to lose in the first place. In which case you would actually gain some positive personality, because you would able to free-load off of all the other smart, creative and interesting people that have been assimilated before you.
As for the Borg's lack of marketing skills, that is the point of the show. The collective mind is a muddled mish-mash of the lowest common denominators in human personality and evolution. You are basically being mixed in with a bunch of tp4's, and you will be the loser in that mix. It's like mixing 10 grams of caviar with 10,000 kg of feces. How will that stew taste? And there is no way to convince people the dish is appetizing, no matter how slick your ad campaign is.
Hahaha.....
Good point... My mind is particularly powerful.. and my perfect logic would likely be more closely integrated with the Borg's low-level code.
If I were to be early in assimilation.. when it comes your turn, ethos, I'd probably overpower your boring mind, and relegate your brain process to toilet duty, which may even be above what you're capable of..Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/073.gif)
Come @ me br0..Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion_custom/th_0suit.gif)
Realize.. This is a TP4 thread.. you can not win... winning is irrelevant.. resistance is futile..
Well the best argument to resisting assimilation by the Borg is tp4tissue himself. The collective Borg mind would actually improve his fart-brain inanity. But everybody else would be robbed of their personality, individuality, character, intelligence, and creativity. The Borg does not give, they take. You lose, they win. The only way to gain a personality by joining the Borg would be if you had no personality to lose in the first place. In which case you would actually gain some positive personality, because you would able to free-load off of all the other smart, creative and interesting people that have been assimilated before you.
As for the Borg's lack of marketing skills, that is the point of the show. The collective mind is a muddled mish-mash of the lowest common denominators in human personality and evolution. You are basically being mixed in with a bunch of tp4's, and you will be the loser in that mix. It's like mixing 10 grams of caviar with 10,000 kg of feces. How will that stew taste? And there is no way to convince people the dish is appetizing, no matter how slick your ad campaign is.
Hahaha.....
Good point... My mind is particularly powerful.. and my perfect logic would likely be more closely integrated with the Borg's low-level code.
If I were to be early in assimilation.. when it comes your turn, ethos, I'd probably overpower your boring mind, and relegate your brain process to toilet duty, which may even be above what you're capable of..Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/073.gif)
Come @ me br0..Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion_custom/th_0suit.gif)
Realize.. This is a TP4 thread.. you can not win... winning is irrelevant.. resistance is futile..
lol. Good one. You may be starting to evolve tp4.
See... you already came up with a better Star Trek 'race' alternative than the BORG... Q. Now I would get on board with Q because being omnipotent is way more baller. As a Q, I will simply erase your BORG out of existence with my will alone.Exactly! But there are rules to being Q. We all know what happens when you break the rules. You get sucked up into a "cyclone"! Sure, you could get a handsome bearded man to fall madly in love with you but then Q comes after you too! And the responsibility of deciding what race deserves to exist is just crazy heavy! I think the pros outweigh the cons tho. I would definitely go Q now that I think about it.
See... you already came up with a better Star Trek 'race' alternative than the BORG... Q. Now I would get on board with Q because being omnipotent is way more baller. As a Q, I will simply erase your BORG out of existence with my will alone.Exactly! But there are rules to being Q. We all know what happens when you break the rules. You get sucked up into a "cyclone"! Sure, you could get a handsome bearded man to fall madly in love with you but then Q comes after you too! And the responsibility of deciding what race deserves to exist is just crazy heavy! I think the pros outweigh the cons tho. I would definitely go Q now that I think about it.
You see, I never said I would become Q and be good at it. I would most definitely use the powers for my own personal gain eventually and be banished from the continuum for sure. That part is inevitable. But even a few days or a years as Q would be worth it to me in this hypothetical. It's probably the ultimate rush/high possible and one hell of a way to go. Consider the question "would you take a trip to space if you knew you would die out there?". I've heard this or similar questions asked many times and so many people answer "yes, absolutely" with no hesitation. Any trips to mars are one way only and the volunteer list is most likely endless. This Q hypothetical is way more appealing than that and the fact that they do have human qualities is great. That's why Q was so fascinated with Picard I think. So yea I definitely would. To me, the Borg way of life is definitely not a progressive step for humanity. At least the majority. It is most certainly not in human nature to strive for that. Unless of course you have a terrible lonely life as is with no real use for individuality or free will. I guess if you're the type of person who spends every waking hour on the Internet seeking information then the Borg is the right life for you.See... you already came up with a better Star Trek 'race' alternative than the BORG... Q. Now I would get on board with Q because being omnipotent is way more baller. As a Q, I will simply erase your BORG out of existence with my will alone.Exactly! But there are rules to being Q. We all know what happens when you break the rules. You get sucked up into a "cyclone"! Sure, you could get a handsome bearded man to fall madly in love with you but then Q comes after you too! And the responsibility of deciding what race deserves to exist is just crazy heavy! I think the pros outweigh the cons tho. I would definitely go Q now that I think about it.
The Q is an illogical progression beyond Borg.. It is FAR too human, and not rational...
That isn't inherently bad.. but where the Q does not make sense, is that given that much power, they would NOT behave the way they do..
The Q continuum in the TNG story, is merely a HUMAN given omnipotence..
This is illogical because a mere human would never be given or achieve so much omnipotent power, because the path to developing such powers would require a stepping stone such as the BORG...
And I think you are too quick to accept joining the Q continuum as you are now...
The powers that they possess seem great AS a human.. but once you have it, if your mind remains merely human without the great intellect of a GOD, to put those powers to use, the intellect to wield..
The power would merely feel like a cheat code...
So, I suppose your assumption is more partly that you would join the Q-continuum and retain your humanity..
that's possible, but then you wouldn't bother to enact that portion of yourself, because it is infinitesimal compared to the Intellect that would come "with the q-continuum"