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February 28, 2025

Star Trek, the Fermi Paradox, and the Potential of Progressive Religion

Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry is famous for his optimistic vision of a future classless, post-scarcity socialist utopia of space explorers. He is also famous for having a critical attitude toward religion. Whenever religion is brought up in the part of Star Trek directed by him, it is usually to expose it as a false religion being propped up by a

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