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Who or what inspired the character Geordi La Forge?

star-trek star-trek-tng inspiration asked Oct 9, 2019 at 23:55

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Why are Starfleet vessels designed with nacelles so far away from the hull?

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The deaf prisoner got her secret message and the pirates never knew. How was that possible?

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They made first contact and sent us engine plans, but how can we possibly build it?

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What does the social idiom "not received" mean in 19th century America?

british-english idiom-meaning southern-white-vernacular-english asked Aug 11, 2022 at 22:48

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Naturally flame-resistant forest climate for fire elementals?

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Has there ever been a warp / non-warp collision?

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Why do people blow up here?

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How can this prison induce Stockholm syndrome?

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When was the earliest opportunity the Voyager crew had to return to the Alpha quadrant after being stranded?

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Who or what inspired the character Geordi La Forge?

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Asimov's story where a man's speech contains no information

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In a cyberpunk world where corporate upper class citizens can work virtually through implants, why would they build corporate mega-skyscrapers?

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Would a non-round eye, one that doesn't look like a circle from the outside, be possible and functional?

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How do you show a wolf howling in a comic book panel if the wolf isn't visible?

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There's no space to construct a runway. Are early planes still useful and promising technology?

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XO Commanding a cruiser

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Can a habitable world rain glass?

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Would copper swords work better than regular swords against fungal monsters?

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On Fantasy Island, what exactly is Mr. Roarke?

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Would it be possible to turn off a small country's internet from the outside?

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All arsenic not in the ground is magically removed. What effect would that have?

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Non-lethal firearm that could throw an assailant backwards a couple feet

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Why would prey creatures not hate predator creatures?

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What is the Dutch Ministry of Defence thanked for in the end credits of Aquaman?

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Ideal Firearms for time travel or low tech universe exploration

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What changes might happen if a group of people began living in a cave full-time?

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Material Plausibility of Optical Smelter

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When is it too late to introduce major characters?

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Detectability of a Type III Civilization with a specific set of conditions

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How would I modify a coffee plant to grow outside the tropics?

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How would a secret tunnel be kept entirely secret?

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Can or has the Spider-Sense ever been used offensively?

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Is it reasonable to use the rate of radioactive decay as a new way of measuring time

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Everyone is sent into the future via regularly scheduled timejumps. How can I make sure I survive?

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What are some ways combat will occur in 0 gravity

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What does human vapor smell like?

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Protecting rifled barrels from high friction

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Old retired mirror maker commissioned to make a mirror that changes the past

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Why is her name Michael in Star Trek Discovery?

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