@ortizlgnd4: Ok I'll bite. By assuming "intelligent assistance", you are just passing the buck on. You're unreasonably asserting that the intelligent being '"just happened" out of nothing '.

@The Squid: Judging by even the best voice recognition software out there - your command to "reroute power to forward shields" might actually "reroute your ship and lower its forward shields "

@The Squalor and the Fury:

@ludwigk: I would think there are plenty of ways to overcome these problems. All they have in common is gravity which should be easy to simulate.

@virtualmatt: Well my reply was in regards to 'we can't overlay our standards and values on others'

@ludwigk: See that makes sense but how did Shephard know that he had to pee?

@ss3: I beg to differ here - I am not a huge fan of moral relativism. I think that entire cultures can be right or wrong.

@mishakagan: I think socialism/communism are just buzz words in republican/tea party talk.