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Star Trek captains shouldn't need a crew on the bridge

beancounter said:
I don't know why this has never occurred to me before, but ST ships only need 1 human (the captain) on the bridge.

In the ST universe, computers can execute commands given to them verbally, using any spoken language, regardless of accent or speech impediment.

Why wait a several seconds for an ensign to load torpedo and fire, when the ships computer can do it in nano seconds. Navigation is the same. The computer can make the ship move in any way needed, and even auto-avoid objects or fire if necessary.

Engineering and repairs can be done by androids with similar processing power. (They don't have to be sentient)

Some might argue that you still need humans for creative problem solving, but if the holo deck programs are any indication, the ships computer can certainly think outside the box...
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CAPTAIN: Mr. Sulu could you please bring up four TORPEDO sandwiches from the mess decks for us all?
COMPUTER: Four torpedos locked on an firing.

This is why we need humans on the bridge. To eat torpedos, not be blown up by them.
 
beancounter said:
Yea, but that was written in 1968. Back then, no one could imagine what computers can even do today, much less 400 years in the future.
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Even today we don't fully trust automation. Planes can pretty much fly themselves from take off to touch down but we still need humans because computers don't think Human decision making abd adaptability to unforseen change is still needed. And we have more than one person involved because generally you get better decisions with more people involved in the decision making (to a point).

Maybe in 400 years computer will match human adapability and decision making capability. But then again maybe not.
 
PoS said:
LOL thats another one. They say they're explorers but Starfleet is always in a war of some kind.
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Those are police actions not wars ;)
 
PoS said:
LOL thats another one. They say they're explorers but Starfleet is always in a war of some kind.
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Naw. Making peace.
 
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