So they Still Havent Found a Cure For Baldness In the Future? - Star Trek: Picard (2020) Discussion

[–] Galactus03 (4287) 5 years ago

Stewart actually once was asked that I think. He said (or maybe one of the producers) that people aren't as vain about it in the future.

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[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Exactly.

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[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Of course that does beg the question as to why there were no fat women or ugly women in Star Trek

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[–] Galactus03 (4287) 4 years ago

Worfs mom was kinda fat..

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[–] ccr1633 (1411) 4 years ago

"Of course that does beg the question as to why there were no fat women or ugly women in Star Trek"

Plastic surgery.

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[–] chrisjdel (2714) 4 years ago

Exactly. Do you really think once obesity has a quick technological fix, eat as much as you want and still keep the weight off, that anyone will choose to be fat? When plastic surgery is an outpatient procedure that can be done in minutes will anyone be unattractive anymore?

There's no cure for baldness on Star Trek for the same reason they haven't conquered the aging process - because they have to film it in the present, with actors who suffer from baldness and get older.

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[–] ccr1633 (1411) 4 years ago

Yeah, I agree. I was actually thinking about "Logan's Run" when I read this thread. There's a scene in it with Farrah Fawcett as a beauty laser surgeon.

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[–] Costumer (1784) 4 years ago

Part of both "failures" to cure these conditions could be based that any such cures would likely need to be genetic in origin and the Federation has outlawed any use of genetic manipulation.

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[–] chrisjdel (2714) 4 years ago

I believe the ban is specifically on genetic enhancement, not the use of gene therapies to cure diseases or for other assorted medical uses. But if people didn't age in the world of Star Trek you'd be hard pressed to explain why characters appeared older with time. Or for that matter why anyone on the show looked to be past their mid-twenties. Easier just to say they haven't licked the problem yet.

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[–] BigWorm (683) 5 years ago

Well done, you managed to ask a question a hollywood fuck nugget asked 30 odd years ago. You can google the answer.

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[–] SeussMyTub (226) 5 years ago

Wrong. It's clear there never was a satisfactory answer to this question- you lose.

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[–] BigWorm (683) 5 years ago

Christ. There was, it was given by gene himself. Don’t you ever get tired of being wrong?

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[–] SeussMyTub (226) 5 years ago

Gene isnt god no matter ow many times you pray to him.

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[–] BigWorm (683) 5 years ago

And bullshilt isn’t a career path no matter how much you shovel it.

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[–] SeussMyTub (226) 5 years ago

But I just love to poop on your face, everybody does.

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[–] BigWorm (683) 5 years ago

Well, that’s a totally different thing. And you’re not gonna get out of this by trying to sweet talk me.

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[–] Moonglum9 (10697) 5 years ago

If you follow the path that evolution (if it occurs - which it doesn't) has been heading down, with less and less hair on people over the generations, then everyone will be hairless in the future anyways. Picard is the normy and the haired folks are the weirdos.

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[–] BigWorm (683) 5 years ago

Wait, you think evolution isn’t a real thing?

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[–] liscarkat (16469) 5 years ago

Of course evolution isn't a real thing. People just magically popped out of nowhere six thousand years ago (on a Thursday morning, if I remember correctly).

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[–] Nate Adams SA23 (896) 5 years ago

Or we magically formed after a massive explosion give or take a couple of billion years.

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[–] duckofprey (1533) 5 years ago

Not only that, apparently they even had bald holo-doctors in the Star Trek era.

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[–] raymondoz2007 (2034) 5 years ago

Kirk got the cure.

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[–] FootOfDavros (6683) 5 years ago

Ha ha - good point. It's another one of those hugely controversial retcons!

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 5 years ago

It's his hairstyle.

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[–] brux (14666) 3 years ago

Correction - skin style! ;-)

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[–] BourbonKing (5612) 4 years ago

Vanity is so 21st Century.

I'm pretty sure futuristic humans will look at their bodies as temporary vessels and hair nothing more than filament strands of our fingernails. Unlike today where people still view hair as a symbol of health and vibrancy. There are millions of full hair-headed men who have E.D. and/or die early in life for unrelated health issues.

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[–] ccr1633 (1411) 4 years ago

"I'm pretty sure futuristic humans will look at their bodies as temporary vessels and hair nothing more than filament strands of our fingernails."

No chance, not if humans remain lusty creatures with sexual desires. There will always be sexual preferences, and it's not all about physical traits either. Still, I wouldn't mind if Star Trek implemented your theory and had Picard hook up with a nine hundred pound ssbbw.

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[–] BourbonKing (5612) 4 years ago

One thing I don't think TNG got right was the Holodeck. There would actually be a subculture of humanity who would spend the rest of their brain cells living in VR. There's a new series on Amazon Prime that plays on this notion, although it's not even an original idea.

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[–] ccr1633 (1411) 4 years ago

April 1 must be a lot of fun on the holodeck. Imagine the jokes you could play.

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[–] brux (14666) 3 years ago

>> hair nothing more than filament strands of our fingernails

What? Where is this theory espoused, or the science proven? Would that mean that bald people have thinner fingernails?

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[–] Redsfan001 (6000) 4 years ago

I will give you a opinion about hair from a man who has shaved his head since 1994....HAIR IS A PAIN IN THE ARSS!

After years of having a shaved head , you will find that you don't want it back, it's a hassle, it is inefficient, it is vanity, worries about your hairstyle is somewhat of a girly thing. You look at guys differently who put styling gel in it.

The vast number of men who have shaved their head for 10 plus years would think twice if offered a cure...the majority would say no.

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[–] BourbonKing (5612) 4 years ago

That all depends on what you mean by cure.

I'll agree that the current state of hair transplantation isn't impressive enough and still has that doll-like look to it that never recaptures the naturalness of the original hairline.

Wigs, toupees, and hair filaments (Toppix) are only temporary solutions that need a good 2 hours of prep and de-prep time a day. A majority of men will not put up with that.

The only thing that will work doesn't exist yet, and that's a genetic cure or dermatological solution that allows the natural hair follicles to reactivate. It's like turning on a switch and those men with Mr Clean shorn scalps can try that out and see if it's worth the try.

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[–] Redsfan001 (6000) 4 years ago

I wouldn't do it, I'm not going to fuck with my genes, no matter how safe it is. After 26 years of shaving my head, it is part of my identity.

I can see how people just starting to lose their hair and is developing a complex about it would give it a try, but the longer you shave it, the more you like it, the more it becomes a part of you. (I would have alot of fun in a wig shop though)

The major downside is you realize just how much hair on your head keeps you warm in the winter.

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[–] BourbonKing (5612) 4 years ago

A lot of bald(ing) men in colder climates will definitely risk genetic noodling if it meant that their own hair would grow back like when they were teenage boys, and I'm sure a majority of bald(ing) men in warm/tropical climates would too. It's not for everyone, but it's also not available yet. Who knows, maybe they'll find a way to turn off aging first which would create more problems than solve

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