I wouldn't want to be in Geordi's shoes...
Alright, I know I'm a huge nerd for even noticing this stuff, but whenever I watch Star Trek: TNG I like to pay attention to the technical terminology that they use.
I was just thinking about one of those things today and would like to put it into context for everyone (all two of you who might read this).
Data says something like: "The neutron radiation must be interfering with my positronic net..."
First of all, if Data is being exposed to neutron radiation, that probably means that everyone else is too, which would be incredibly bad. After all of the times where the Enterprise crew is exposed to one type of radiation or another, they should all be covered in tumors.
If Data has a positronic brain, that suggests that his brain is at least partially composed of positrons, which are the antimatter counterparts of electrons. In case you didn't know it, antimatter is the same stuff that they use on the Enterprise in their photon torpedos. Whenever antimatter comes into contact with regular matter, it releases a huge amount of energy in the form of an explosion. If even a small amount of antimatter were to find its way into Earth's atmosphere, there would probably be something like a nuclear-bomb-sized explosion as a result... plus gamma radiation to boot.
That being said, I would hate to have to be in Geordi's shoes when he opens Data's head up to work on it. Dr. Noonian Soong, who built Data, had better have taken a hell of a lot of care in making sure that the positrons in Data's head stayed there. Otherwise, Data would be a walking nuclear explosion waiting to happen:
I was just thinking about one of those things today and would like to put it into context for everyone (all two of you who might read this).
Data says something like: "The neutron radiation must be interfering with my positronic net..."
First of all, if Data is being exposed to neutron radiation, that probably means that everyone else is too, which would be incredibly bad. After all of the times where the Enterprise crew is exposed to one type of radiation or another, they should all be covered in tumors.
If Data has a positronic brain, that suggests that his brain is at least partially composed of positrons, which are the antimatter counterparts of electrons. In case you didn't know it, antimatter is the same stuff that they use on the Enterprise in their photon torpedos. Whenever antimatter comes into contact with regular matter, it releases a huge amount of energy in the form of an explosion. If even a small amount of antimatter were to find its way into Earth's atmosphere, there would probably be something like a nuclear-bomb-sized explosion as a result... plus gamma radiation to boot.
That being said, I would hate to have to be in Geordi's shoes when he opens Data's head up to work on it. Dr. Noonian Soong, who built Data, had better have taken a hell of a lot of care in making sure that the positrons in Data's head stayed there. Otherwise, Data would be a walking nuclear explosion waiting to happen:
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