My father (Moshe Yudkowsky, author: The Pebble and the Avalanche) has a similar thesis about how Star Trek caused the downfall of American engineering: "Well,

My father (Moshe Yudkowsky, author: The Pebble and the Avalanche) has a similar thesis about how Star Trek caused the downfall of American engineering: "Well, Captain, you crashed into that planet there and sheared one warp nacelle completely off. It'll take two months in dock to repair." "Dammit, Scotty, I need it in five minutes!" "Okay."