From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: karljohanson@shaw.ca   
   Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
   "Led4Aces"  wrote in message    
   news:bad3caa8-8151-4bf5-8858-114e54af3b94@g31g2000vbr.googlegroups.com...   
   On Dec 21, 12:11 am, "Karl Johanson"  wrote:   
      
   >> And she created a pathogen that regressed most of the crew into half   
   >> whatever they were / half one of their ancestors (which doesn't explain    
   >> why   
   >> Barclay became half spider, since they aren't ancestors of humans)...   
      
   >Not exactly.   
      
   Yes, exactly.   
      
   >Go back far enough and Humans and spiders have a common   
   >ancestor. Probably hundreds of millions of years.   
      
   Humans and spiders have a common ancestor, but spiders aren't ancestors of    
   humans. Even assuming the silly premise of reverting to half human / half    
   one of our ancestors, he's not going to become half spider.   
      
   Karl Johanson    
      
      
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