Scotty is definitely an aberration. If someone did live inside the Matrix or holodeck, it would be quite difficult to prove, having to jump all the way from one method of thinking (peak) through a huge local minimum all the way to the next peak, without benefit of smaller steps to help. In this case, what I mean is that “redshirts often die” is itself only a first order approximation of the real underlying truth: that there is a main cast of characters, a secondary cast that may repeat, and then the redshirts who are literally fated to die. He do be just THAT awesome, yes!
The uniform changes in The Wrath of Khan led directly to the death of Spock.
And Scotty was able to dodge the Reaper’s hand for all that time because he’s just that awesome.
Scotty is definitely an aberration.
If someone did live inside the Matrix or holodeck, it would be quite difficult to prove, having to jump all the way from one method of thinking (peak) through a huge local minimum all the way to the next peak, without benefit of smaller steps to help. In this case, what I mean is that “redshirts often die” is itself only a first order approximation of the real underlying truth: that there is a main cast of characters, a secondary cast that may repeat, and then the redshirts who are literally fated to die.He do be just THAT awesome, yes!