That’s an interesting analysis. I did see that Orville episode and it was really good (in fact, before Strange New Worlds was released, I’d have ranked The Orvi

That’s an interesting analysis. I did see that Orville episode and it was really good (in fact, before Strange New Worlds was released, I’d have ranked The Orville as the best “new Trek” since the TNG / DS9 / Voyager era. Going back to the meat analogy, I’ve already seen people argue against meat substitute because it “preemptively kills cows by not birthing them for meat to begin with”. It’s amazing the mental gymnastics people will take to justify the status quo.