David Silberstein <davids at kithrup.com> writes: > A universal translator, as depicted in Trek, *certainly* violates > casuality - it knows how to map verbal expressions to concepts even > when the species has just been met and it has never been exposed to > the expressions before! At least Doc Smith had the Arisians use their Visualization of the Cosmic All to know what the lenses would have to be able to translate. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <dd-b at dd-b.net>, <www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <noguns-nomoney.com> <www.dd-b.net/carry/> Photos: <dd-b.lighthunters.net> Snapshots: <www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <dragaera.info/>