The U.S.S. Discovery Spore drive, is it complete nonsense or is there a scientific theory I’m unaware of?
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Much of the plant life on Earth is connected by a network of fungal mycelium that helps share resources. In Star Trek, that network of mycelium extends through the multiverse, connecting every planet in every universe. The spore drive allows the ship to travel along the network across all of spacetime instantly.
Current scientific theories do not support the existence of multiversal fungi.
Science based in that the dude who made the drive is named after a famous mycologist. Not sure how that makes it science based…
Not sure how that makes it science based…
Just barely, but isn’t that normal for treknobabble to be ripped from science headlines?
Usually it is, but nothing in the wiki you linked to even hints to travel with/through mycelium. Im actually a fan of Discovery, but the only hint of science in the spore drive is the fact that mycelium and fungal networks do exist, they dont however operate in a separate space outside of normal reality. Unless im missing some cool research
they dont however operate in a separate space outside of normal reality
Well, that would be difficult to prove one way or the other.
But since we’ve already got the fictional construct of subspace, the notion of a mycelial species that can extend through it seems…within the realm of truthiness, all things considered.
The part I’ve never fully grasped is how one travels along the network, but then, I’ve never fully grasped how the warp coils are supposed to work, either.
The original question for this post was whether or not there was any actual science behind the spore drive. You said yes and no. Please enlighten me as to what scientific theory you are getting the yes part of your answer from. Because I read through your linked Wikipedia article and couldnt find anything about how a spore drive could even be theoretically possible. The spore drive is purely techno babble. The warp drive on the other hand, while being mostly techno babble, has some grounding in actual reality and scientific theory.
Which imaginary treknologies strike you as the most scientifically sound?
For me it’s the replicator turning shit into food, but everything may as well be magic.
All of that series is complete nonsense. https://youtu.be/cn4fW0EInqw
As others have hinted at, sharing a yes or no answer and pasting a link to a youtube video with no further context is not an adequate Daystrom submission. Citing a source is certainly acceptable, but your comment should make it’s own self contained argument supported by those sources, not rely on users clicking through to an external site to understand what you are trying to say.
lmao “science! fuck yeahhhh!”
