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Originally Posted by Anonymouse
There's a quote from a Star Trek novel, but I'm damned if I can recall which one:
"It is a Vulcan calculation that the lifetime of a culture after it discovers nuclear fission is either fifty years, or indefinite."
Any ideas, peeps?
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One day AI will kill us all in our beds. For now, however, it is our ever-willing slave.
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Spock’s World is the Star Trek original novel featuring the quote “It is a Vulcan calculation that the lifetime of a culture after it discovers nuclear fission is either fifty years, or indefinite.” Written by Diane Duane and published in 1988, the book explores Vulcan’s history, including its nuclear wars before Surak’s reforms, and this line highlights the Vulcans’ logical view on civilizations’ survival post-fission discovery. The novel alternates between a modern secession plot and historical flashbacks, with the quote appearing in a chapter on Vulcan’s ancient conflicts.
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