Sliders: Random Lunacy - Some new TF1 revelations...

Some new TF1 revelations...
TemporalFlux1	Sep8/99

While viewing the most phantasmic "The Breeder" last night, several questions came to mind. For one, what implications would parasitic contamination have on a society? In other words, "The Breeder" deals with the issue of evolutionary violation. Modern technology and insight have implicated the so-called Darwinian movement into our theory of modern life. Such notions deal with ambigious concepts of natural selection, competition, and carrying capacity. Although recent methodology has been designed to operationalize these concepts, one must ponder as to whether even these variables can be considered in terms of human life. For instance, we define "carrying capacity" as "the maximum quantity of a specific species that the environment can support." The carrying capacity, naturally, is related to both the growth rate (births - deaths) and can be quantitatively described by the famous "S" curve, by which some variable has a gradual increase a time t, followed then by an exponential increase, and after another time t, once again flattened out. However, human life has seemed to have violate the notion of "carrying capacity." In recent years, not only have birth rates increased by three-fold, but life expectancy has shot up at unreasonable rates increasing the growth rate in amazing proportions. Prediction would have led us to believe that human growth would have died out years ago.

This being a result, many contend that diseases such as AIDS and other deadly viruses somewhat act as a "Control" for natural selection. The fact that nature must exert its own weapons to compete with technology has severe ecological implications. Have humans, in fact, been able to compete with natural selection such that one day we can conquer it? The answer is more ambiguous than thought to be It is with his superb grace that Peckinpah was once again able to conquer the mysteries and subtelties of human life through which was, by far, the most brilliant episode in the history of "Sliders." This was named, of course, "The Breeder." After accidentally consuming a parasite, Maggie attempts to breed with humans of a parallel world to contaminate their species with hers. After several attempts, Maggie fails due to the effort of The Fryin` Man, Quinn, and Colin. However, had the sliders not come to her rescue, the parasite would surely have contaminated and destroyed this civilization. In his brilliance, Peckinpah mad one very important point. Being widely accepted, science has helped us greatly and improved our quality of life three-fold. Contrary, however, to the popular belief that "Science can cure all," they`re are actually other powers that be that exert even greater control over our lives than we do ourselves. In other words, human arrogance has led society to develop a pseudo-arrogance forgetting that we are not the only ones in the universe. The fact that the only reason the earth in "The Breeder" was due to travelers from a parallel earth exemplified this point by showing that only those supreme beings could manipulate and violate the laws of nature. However, as we will see in 4th season`s "Genesis," some supreme beings show even stronger power, these being the Kromaggs. In all though, Peckinpah`s attempt to bring out the conflict in the epistemological debate was quite elegant and has led to this great piece of artwork called "The Breeder."