THRAWN RICKLE: Beam me up, Scotty!

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Thursday, September 4, 2003

Beam me up, Scotty!

In all the episodes of the original “Star Trek” series, not once did Captain Kirk actually use the words: “Beam me up, Scotty!” It might be interesting to examine not only why he never said this, but also why he never could have said it. Although not completely obvious when we examine something, we really are interpreting the pattern of reflected photons from the object as they fall on the retina of each eye. The process is incredibly complicated—so much so, in fact, that computer scientists... Sign in to see full entry.

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