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[–] VindictiveJudge@startrek.website 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And a malfunction has the potential to destroy all life in the multiverse.

I didn't like that part at all. An infinite multiverse, which they state in DSC is the case, means that anything with a probability greater than zero is guaranteed. Mathematically, the multiverse should have already been wiped out at some point. It's also a throwaway line meant to increase dramatic tension for all of ten seconds before the scene ends, and an empty threat given that following through would end the show.

[–] drbluefall@toast.ooo 4 points 1 year ago

Maybe it's like vacuum decay; yes, it's already happened, but maybe it doesn't propagate instantly. There are expanding pockets of dead universes around where malfunctions occurred, but the Multiverse, in its infinite size, means that these pockets are also infinitesimally small compared to it.