USSBurritoTruck@startrek.websiteM to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 1 year ago"the Prime Directive is not just a set of rules. It is a philosophy, and a very correct one."i.imgur.comimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down12
arrow-up1167arrow-down1image"the Prime Directive is not just a set of rules. It is a philosophy, and a very correct one."i.imgur.comUSSBurritoTruck@startrek.websiteM to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareNeato@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoSo the question the Prime Directive poses is: what aspects of the Great Filter do we leave in place? Do we save a developing civilization from an asteroid they have zero way of stopping? Do we defuse a political situation that will end in nuclear war and destruction of their civilization?
minus-squaresirblastalot@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoGreat filters are strictly hypothetical anyway.
minus-squarebooty [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agohow about: protect innocent people and dont veer into fascist “nature decided they weren’t good enough to continue living” nonsense
minus-squarecm0002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWell, the second one is a direct result of their own and controllable actions. The first is entirely out of their control and just got dealt a bad hand lol
So the question the Prime Directive poses is: what aspects of the Great Filter do we leave in place?
Do we save a developing civilization from an asteroid they have zero way of stopping?
Do we defuse a political situation that will end in nuclear war and destruction of their civilization?
Great filters are strictly hypothetical anyway.
how about: protect innocent people and dont veer into fascist “nature decided they weren’t good enough to continue living” nonsense
Well, the second one is a direct result of their own and controllable actions. The first is entirely out of their control and just got dealt a bad hand lol