>Which is, perhaps, my least favorite Trek episode concept of
>all time.

And, love it or hate it, it is canon. Until and unless Rick Berman and/or Brannon Braga decide to ignore it.

At least when Ira Behr ignored preexisting continuity he made the universe <em>more</em> interesting.

>That particular abomination happened to come up in discussion between
>Gryph and I last week. Trust me, you will see no such theory put
>forth (at least, not with any level of credibility) in UF.

*shrug* Considering that an ancient starfaring race "seeding" worlds to produce humanoid life is actually more likely an explanation for large numbers of similar species, mathematically speaking, than parallel or convergent evolution (not to mention interbreeding that not only works but creates fertile offspring, which is so improbable by way of evolution as to be laughable) ... but then, UF isn't hard SF any more than ST or SW.

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