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The Pygmalion-Galatea Myth in Relation to Simulation Scenarios in Star Trek Xjenza Online - Journal of Malta Chamber of Scientists http://www.mcs.org.mt/ Doi: http://dx.medra.org/10.7423/XJENZA.2013.2.03 Review Article The Pygmalion-Galatea myth in relation to simulation scenarios in Star Trek Victor Grech1 1Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta, Malta Abstract. Star Trek has existed since 1966, with a ST accedes to this notion by attempting to explain total of 738 hours of viewing time. Like most science future scientific advances leading to the seemingly im- fiction, the series frequently alludes to religion or myth possible. Typical examples include travelling faster than but censors such references for the modern world-view light and other technological miracles, thereby eliciting by sanitising them with scientific or scientific-sounding a sense of wonder. explanation. This paper illustrates the depiction of the In all of these ways, the franchise provides an inter- Galatea-Pygmalion myth in the franchise and relates face between literature and other metanarratives, such these to simulation scenarios. as the sciences. Indeed, entire books have been written on the physics portrayed in ST (Krauss, 1995). Thus, and to quote just one example, the notion of the instan- taneous matter transporter has been explored in exten- 1 Introduction sive depth. This investigation details accidents that ST Star Trek (ST) has been with us since 1966, and com- has documented resulting from the utilisation of such prises a vast corpus of works that include twelve films exotic technology, the physics of the reality of what the and six series (one of which is animated). This has re- usage of such a device would entail and the Lockeian sulted in a total of 738 hours of viewing time. concept of physical continuity (Grech, 2011). Naturally, due to the sheer number of episodes and John Locke considered personal identity and selfhood movies, a tremendous variety of narrative plots have to be caused by consciousness and memory and not by been invoked. These often directly or indirectly allude the body or the soul. Locke insisted that personal iden- to religions and myths. However, all such occurrences tity is a matter of psychological continuity and that each and references are sanitised with scientific references and one of us is born as a blank slate, a tabula rasa. We are explanations, so as to somehow fit in with the modern then shaped by experience, and our identities are de- world view. This viewpoint eschews scenarios that are fined by our continued consciousness. This is the view devoid of rational explanations, such as enchantment adopted by the series, a Lockeian perspective that al- and magic. lows consciousness to be transferred into different vessels Darko Suvin defined the science fiction (SF) genre (Locke, 1869). Spock, the Enterprise's science officer, as \the literature of cognitive estrangement", wherein directly alludes to this when he discovers that Captain there is the addition of one or more futuristic and scien- Kirk's consciousness has been displaced into a female tific elements or premises to narratives. Suvin referred body by exotic alien technology: \whatever it is that to this as \a strange newness, a novum" (Suvin, 1972). makes James Kirk a living being special to himself is For these reasons, SF is often encouraged by teachers as being held here in this body" (Wallerstein, 1969). a means of generating interest in science (Dubeck et al., Many other branches of knowledge are invoked in 2004). ST, and a few examples including philosophy (Grech, 2013a), metaphysics (Grech, 2013b), psychology (Grech, 2012a) and questions about the very nature of what it Correspondence to: V. Grech ([email protected] ) is to be human (Grech, 2012b). Like the physics of ST, c 2013 Xjenza Online several of these have also been explored in book length. The Pygmalion-Galatea myth in relation to simulation scenarios in Star Trek 24 For example, philosophy in ST has been reviewed com- detail (Grech et al., 2012c). prehensively, demonstrating that this branch of knowl- Jones et al. have posited six hypothetical simula- edge shares much with SF in general: the same funda- tion scenarios whereby the universe that we perceive mental purpose of exploration, a relentless roaming of may well be simulations. They conjecture that the ob- the universe in an attempt to chart and understand our served universe may consist of theoretical alternative place and purpose within it (Eberl and Decker, 2008). constructs of simulated reality: physical presence, in- The related field of ethics in ST has also been scruti- tercept, avatar, android, infinite regression, and monism nised, establishing the myriad ways in which this fran- (Jones et al., 2011). These will now be briefly illustrated chise (which has become an integral part of popular cul- by using specific episodes in the series. ture) has engendered sophisticated discussions of ethi- cal theories within episodes. These include virtue ethics 1.1 The Physical Presence (such as ethical reasoning), religion and Christian ethics, The physical presence scenario is best demonstrated by Stoicism, and ethics related to notions of duty. Other the holodeck, a device that combines several technolo- viewpoints are also outlined, such as logic and utilitari- gies: replication, transportation and shaped force fields anism, hedonism and existentialism, thereby enlivening (Grech, 2011). In this way, objects or living creatures episodes while imparting fruit for thought (Barad and and reality itself are simulated, deceiving all five senses Robertson, 2000). \in a virtual environment that is so realistic it cannot This is arguably one reason why the franchise has en- be distinguished from the true physical environment" dured these many decades, since most of the stories are (Jones et al., 2011). Indeed, this technology goes be- morality tales, moral fables that have been sanitised by yond simulation science so as to make them suitable for the contempo- rary climate. Riker: I didn't believe these simulations It has also been shown how ST, despite its attempt could be this real. Data: Much of it is real, to stand on the high ground afforded by science and sir. If the transporters can convert our bodies logic, borrows heavily and continuously from culture. to an energy beam, then back to the original The episodes characters therefore seek artistic expres- pattern again (Corey, 1987). sion, the listening to and the actual performance of clas- 1.2 The Intercept Scenario sical music, and the frequent use of literary quotations and graphic images that directly accede to the humani- The intercept scenario proposes a situation wherein al- ties (Kreitzer, 1996). though we are in complete control of our consciousness, This paper will illustrate the way in which ST re- and the rest, including our bodies, are artificial con- narrates myths, through the artifices of science through structs, existing solely in the mind, a Matrix-type set- one specific example. The method will be the evaluation ting. One of the best known examples is Captain Pi- of the different ways in which the Galatea-Pygmalion card's experience when an alien probe paralyses him and (GP) myth has been depicted in the franchise. dumps his consciousness into an alien setting, living out This ancient Greek myth was penned by Ovid and a life in speed-up/acceleration as a member of an ex- describes Pygmalion, a Cypriot sculptor who was unim- tinct race. He lives out an entire lifetime in twenty-five pressed by his fellow countrywomen. These ladies had minutes of objective time, just before being returned to denied the divinity of Venus and were punished by being the Enterprise (Lauritson, 1992). reduced to prostitutes. 1.3 The Android Scenario Pygmalion therefore created a statue of a woman, an inanimate creation that was more beautiful than any The android scenario is ubiquitous in Trek since Data living woman. Pygmalion fell in love with the statue and holograms are synthetic creations, simulated indi- and prayed to Aphrodite for a woman as perfect as his viduals. own artifice. The goddess of love eventually pitied him, 1.4 The Avatar scenario granted his wish, animated his statue and they went on to have a daughter (Hard, 2004). The trope of animat- The avatar scenario is never depicted, possibly because ing the inanimate in myth was not new even then. For it is the antithesis of humanism, a strongly held belief of example Pandora, the first human woman, was made Gene Roddenberry, ST's creator (Alexander 1991). This from clay by the gods Hephaestus and Athena at the in- scenario posits us as extremely realistic avatars that are structions of Zeus. Daedalus, a latter day scientist and covertly controlled by external beings. engineer, also used quicksilver to give one of his statues 1.5 The Infinite Regression Scenario a voice (Hard, 2004). More recently, the myriad roles of artificial sexual partners in SF been explored in more The Infinite Regression Scenario is inflicted on Riker, the Enterprise's second officer when an alien child buries http://dx.medra.org/10.7423/XJENZA.2013.2.03 http://www.mcs.org.mt/ The Pygmalion-Galatea myth in relation to simulation scenarios in Star Trek 25 him in several Matryoshka-like layers of nested and to- It's uncanny. I could develop feelings [. ], ex- tally different realities, which he has to individually pen- actly as I would for any woman." etrate. These turn out to be simulations within simula- tions that have limitless potentials as to the total num- Attractive women may also be created purely for dec- ber of worlds or universes that might be nested within orative purposes, such as Ms. Mona Luvsitt (Kolbe, each other. 1995), a valet in a Bond-style holodeck action program who was not only highly attractive and provocatively at- 1.6 Monism Scenario just before tired, but also spoke seven languages, possessed degrees Some alien species appear to be able to deliberately alter in all of the basic sciences, was said to be able to fly any the perception of the nature of reality by mental means aircraft and made excellent martinis.
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