Star Trek: The Next Generation

Appendix B lists numerous uses of the fourth dimension, hyperspace, and wormholes in science fiction. For example, Carl Sagan in his novel Contact also uses the Kip Thorne wormholes to traverse the universe. The television shows Star Trek The Next Generation, Star Trek Voyager, and Star Trek Deep Space Nine have all used wormholes to travel between faraway regions of space. In Star Trek Deep Space Nine, a station stands guard over one end of a stable wormhole. 

Star Trek The Next Generation, Episode No. 246 The Chase (Stardate 46731.5) aired April 26, 1993. 

I can explain vividly the difference between metaphysical physicalism and ontological physicalism by reference to a fictional character. Commander Data (Block, 2002, 2007b). The TV series Star Trek The Next Generation 16 February 1989) includes an episode ( The Measure of a Man ) in which there is a trial to decide whether a human-like android. Commander Data, may legally be turned off and taken apart by someone who does not know whether he can put the parts together again. (The... 

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