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▲ latexr an hour ago

> the aliens pretending to be dumb

Pretending? The Pakleds were genuinely dumb. If TNG’s episode left you with any doubts, watch Lower Decks and let them all be dispelled.

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Pakled

▲dbcooper 40 minutes ago | parent [-]

Was it just their verbal intelligence?

▲goalieca 19 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

No. And this reminds me of the “meat proxies” we see now who are “smart” and “powerful” using Claude.

▲latexr 11 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

No, they really were (hilariously) dumb and simple. Of the top of my head I remember their capital was named “Big Strong City”, their “Red Alert” was “Red Alarm” (it’s funny in context) and they didn’t really understand that’s an emergency, and despite being corrected multiple times by the woman herself, they kept thinking captain Carol Freeman was captain Kathryn Janeway. For reference, one of them in black and the other is white.