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What happens to your soul (or mind, or spirit, or consciousness) when you step through the Stargate? Or when your body is demolecularized and transmitted by a transporter? In this week’s podcast GateWorld’s Darren and David get metaphysical, looking at a variety of science fiction problems and different religious ways of explaining the soul-body connection.
But first up is our round-up of all the Stargate news from the past week, which this week is all about Comic-Con! Our own David Read was in San Diego for the massive convention, and he’ll give us his first-hand report of the Stargate festivities.
SHOW NOTES
Comic-Con News & Features:
- Trailer #1 Screen Caps
SGU Trailer #2 (YouTube)
Trailer #2 Screen Caps
Universe Comic-Con Panel Report
Three new SGU cast posters!
More Site Features:
Discussion: Demolecularizing Your Soul
- Related Episodes:
“Fair Game” (SG-1 Season Three)
“Desperate Measures” (SG-1 Season Five)
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Listener Mail:
- Related Links:
“Children of the Gods” (SG-1 Season One)
Review: Children of the Gods – Final Cut
N.I.D.
The Trust
“Outcast” (Atlantis Season Four)
“Home” (Atlantis Season One)
“Holiday” (SG-1 Season Two)
“Vegas” (Atlantis Season Five)
“Sight Unseen” (SG-1 Season Six)
“2010” (SG-1 Season Four)
“The Road Not Taken” (SG-1 Season Ten)
| This Week’s Listener Question: Should the Stargate Program be made public? What good (or harm) would this do to storytelling in the Stargate universe? |
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Next Episode: Should the Stargate Program Be Public? GateWorld Forum’s Tame Farrar guest hosts! Leave us a voicemail now and join our discussion.
Should the Stargate Program be made public? Yes. When I was young, I knew that the United States had were missles with nuclear warheads aimed at the Soviet Union. I also knew that the Soviet Union had missles aimed at the United States. I may not have had a precise idea as to where those missles were aimed, but I knew they were there. Likewise, the public, in the Stargate universe, should know that the Stargate Program exists and that enemies are being fought by the military forces of the United States and other countries. The public does not need… Read more »
No, While I am completely for the idea of having “no official secrets act” and opening up as mush formerly classified information as possible, I believe that this is a different situation. Putting aside the fact that this is fiction and it is more interesting when you have to keep the secret, adding yet another factor in the web that is the universe of Stargate, having the “outside” perspective that a viewer has we have a complete idea of what has happened in the storyline of Stargate. The political aspects of the world would crush the program. Unlike wars in… Read more »
There is a difference with the Stargate Programme, over and above the knowledge that Aliens actually exist.
With the G’oauld pretending to be Gods there is a high risk of offending religous groups who may actually believe in them as Gods
That would mean that any release of information would have to be very carefully worded. I think now is the time to do it
Leaving aside the in-universe arguments and looking at the thing from the point of view of a story analyst (no, I’m not one, I’m just a fan): I do not think that it does in fact matter much at the in-universe present (end of Atlantis). The story would change little, as I’m sure the possible rammifications of the entire planet discovering most of the truth would be left out of the story or treated passingly, as there are more engaging stories to be told. There have been changes of similar magnitude being accepted without much of a fuss by the… Read more »
I can’t believe you think our civilization hasn’t changed in the pest 700 years. There is so much that has been accomplished in that time. We have come a long way, and still have a long way to go. Think of poverty for example, 700 years ago you were seriously out of luck if you were poor, now there are options and opportunities to get your life back together, even in the tough economic times the world is facing now. Science, and religion are able to be more accepted and differ so much. Everyone is aloud to choose what they… Read more »