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Forum Name: Undocumented Features General
Topic ID: 161
Message ID: 10
#10, RE: Acceptance of the Notion of Artificial Sentiance
Posted by Laudre on Oct-20-01 at 02:24 PM
In response to message #9
>>Another thing, regarding the amount of "human" aliens in UF, has
>>anyone
>>in the multiverse put forth something like the Solmani Hypothesis from
>>Traveller (the idea that humans orginally all came from Earth but some
>>were
>>removed by an advanced alien race for some unkown reason and "seeded"
>>across
>>the galaxy.)
>
>A similar theory, and examples of just that, exsist in the Star Trek
>Universe.
>The Preservers.

Except that in ST, it's not a theory; it was demonstrated quite conclusively via a message from the ancient species who did it. See TNG episode "The Chase."

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