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Wow! If I had a nickel for every time a Trek show had a blind engineer, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice. Right? (startrek.website)
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Transcription: A side by side picture of Star Trek Strange New Worlds character Hemmer and The Next Generation character Geordi La Forge.

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[–] 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Hemmer isn't really "blind" though, he just sees in a different way than humans do

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  • [–] [S] 37 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Geordi isn't really "blind" though, he just sees in a different way than other humans do

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Not directly related, but my favorite exchange about human eyesight...

    (Lt. Commander Data) "Sir, Lieutenant La Forge's eyes are far superior to human biological eyes, true?"

    (Capt. Picard) "M-hm."

    (Lt. Commander Data) "Then why are not all human officers required to have their eyes replaced with cybernetic implants?"

    (Lt. Commander Data) "I see. It is precisely because I am not human."

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Tbh I agree with Data. It's absurd that they don't go full AdMech and replace all their fleshy bits with machine bits. Maybe I just crave the strength and certainty of steel more than the average human.

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