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Secret Files Reveal UK Police Feared That Trekkies Could Turn On Society
An anonymous reader writes: Scotland Yard was worried that fans of shows like the X Files and Star Trek might run amok during the Millennium according to secret files. The file, called UFO New Religious Movements (NRMs) And The Millennium, reveals that anti-terrorism experts were also concerned about the brain-washing effect of Dark Skies, Roswell, Millennium and The Lawnmower Man on viewers. According to the Telegraph: "The secret briefing note was obtained from the Met under the Freedom of Information Act by Sheffield-based British X-Files expert Dr Dave Clarke while researching a new book, How UFOs Conquered the World. Dr Clarke, who teaches investigative journalism at Sheffield Hallam University, said: 'The documents show the police and security services were concerned about the export of some new religious movements concerning UFOs and aliens from the USA in the aftermath of the mass suicide by followers of the Heaven's Gate.'"
With those uniforms ?
Trekkies always keep their phasers set to stun ...
Like a good neighbor, fsck is there
Yes, you posted before me but they are my thoughts too.
That's because THEY transmit the "thoughts" to people's brains... think about it!
Antisthenes: "Wisdom begins by examining the words/names." - excuse my English, i am (slightly...) better with my Greek!
I was thinking the same thing. Mention "Singularity" or "AI" and Slashdotters start talking about uploading themselves to a cloud and computers who are going to take over the world.
Meanwhile my Mac can't even connect to wifi reliably. But yeah, I'm sure AI is right around the corner.
Didn't you get the memo that the pro-AI crowd achieved AI by defining AI to include things like my radio alarm clock "interacting" with me. Oh look, it can tell the time and wake you up, it's smarter than a chimpanzee.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it