How Star Trek May Show the Emergence of Human Consciousness
Captain Picard: “How do we reason with them, let them know that we are not a threat?”
Guinan: “You don’t. At least, I’ve never known anyone who did.”
With this brief, ominous exchange, the heroes of to one of their most formidable enemies: the Borg, a race of cyborgs whose minds are linked to a collective “hive mind” through sophisticated technology. The collective expands their civilization through a process of, and integrate them into the hive mind, erasing their previous identities.
